Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 107617565RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($942,807) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $943K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 19% from government, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $688K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 80% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Umelages traditionnels : offrir à des enfants des relations de qualité avec des adultes bénévoles programmes dans les écoles : jumeler des élèves à des adultes bénévoles pour contrer le décrochage scolaire. Jeunes en santé : amener les jeunes à développer de saines habitudes de vie quant à la nutrition l'activité physique et l'estime de soi.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $943K | $763K | $8,612 | — | $169K |
| 2023 | $844K | $1.1M | $849K | $36K | — | -$63K |
| 2022 | $997K | $1.1M | $895K | $77K | — | $182K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $881K | $26K | — | $257K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $899K | $6,669 | — | $60K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $688K from 23 charities:
- Association Des Grands Frères Et Grandes Soeurs Du Québec$147K
- Fondation Mirella & Lino Saputo$90K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$85K
- Centraide Du Grand Montréal$80K
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$76K
- Fondation DAmours$50K
- Hewitt Foundation$50K
- Fondation Famille Jacques Larivière$30K
- Fondation Lorraine et Jean Turmel$25K
- The William and Nancy Turner Foundation/la Fondation William et Nancy Turner$20K
- Fondation Lise et Richard Fortin$10K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,349
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,747
- The Foundation of Greater Montreal$1,500
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,021
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$600
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$567
- Fondation Desjardins$549
- Fondation Luc Maurice$250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$52
- Fondation La Collecte—
- Fondation Jeanne-Esther—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$691K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marc André Thibault (vice président); Andrée-Anne Gauthier (administrateur); Mehdi Ben Aissa (administrateur); Jeremiah Curvers (administrateur); Ghassan Brax (administrateur); Grégory Kunz (administrateur); Joël Mimeault (trésorier); Charlotte Lemieux Tremblay (secrétaire); William Gagné (administrateur); Véronique Lescaut (président); Julie Sauriol (administrateur); Indra Cabello (administrateur); Geneviève Couture (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107617565RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.