Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce and West Simcoe
Charitable organization · Owen Sound, Ontario · BN 106793797RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($311,505) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce and West Simcoe is a charitable organization based in Owen Sound, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $312K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations, 22% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $36K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $169K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To provide each child from a 'parent absent' home in the owen sound area with a quality adult volunteer relationship in order to help with the growth and development of the child within the community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $312K | $112K | $76K | — | $81K |
| 2023 | $387K | $360K | $133K | $91K | — | $72K |
| 2022 | $245K | $256K | $111K | $66K | — | $55K |
| 2021 | $156K | $180K | $83K | $18K | — | $67K |
| 2020 | $169K | $112K | $52K | $18K | — | $90K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $36K from 11 charities:
- Craigleith Cares Foundation$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$8,758
- United Way of Bruce Grey$5,000
- Community Foundation Grey Bruce$4,461
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,160
- The Rotary Club of Port Elgin Ontario$2,000
- Rotary Club of Thornbury & Clarksburg Inc. Charitable Trust$750
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$500
- Canadahelps Canadon$480
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$404
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$201
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
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$250K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donna Whetstone (vice president); Bret Shepley (treasurer); Dan Snow (president); Rehana Ciriani (secretary); Timothy Mohr (director); Cynthia Connelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce and West Simcoe’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793797RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.