Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 118809227RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($795,765) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $694K in revenue and $796K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 19% from donations, 14% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $289K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
One to one matches between adults and children of the same gender. Group programs for children waiting for a one to one match. In-school mentoring programs for children. School-based group programs for youth focusing on healthy active living.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $694K | $796K | $559K | $122K | — | $882K |
| 2023 | $682K | $781K | $564K | $118K | — | $974K |
| 2022 | $752K | $749K | $572K | $104K | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $1M | — | — | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $940K | $727K | $542K | $102K | — | $801K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $289K from 23 charities:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$79K
- United Way Community Services of Guelph and Wellington$71K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$15K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$8,000
- Gore Mutual Insurance Company Foundation$5,000
- The Harry E Foster Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$5,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$5,000
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,591
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,000
- Alice and Murray Maitland Foundation$2,500
- Rotary Club of Guelph Trillium Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada$2,000
- Unifor Social Justice Fund/Le fonds de justice sociale d'Unifor$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$260
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$150
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$45
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$13
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$491K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Moccia (president); Michelle Steele (treasurer/secretary); Chris Moulton (vice president); Jeff Stirling (director); Jonas Postons (director); Jaclyn Ketteringham (director); Norman Osman (director); Greg Girling (director); Sophie Wilkinson (director); Bethany Gier (director); Marni Outerbridge (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118809227RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.