Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Lanark County
Charitable organization · Smiths Falls, Ontario · BN 134473842RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($742,135) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Lanark County is a charitable organization based in Smiths Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $697K in revenue and $742K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 34% from donations, 21% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $123K.
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 25% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Big brothers/little brother match program big sister/little sister match program in school mentor program skills based programs and site based programs ie music lawn bowling go girls curling waiting list activities program youth after school program
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $697K | $742K | $547K | $34K | — | $474K |
| 2023 | $697K | $684K | $496K | $36K | — | $519K |
| 2022 | $539K | $521K | $442K | $1,871 | — | $506K |
| 2021 | $611K | $523K | $444K | $11K | — | $488K |
| 2020 | $589K | $512K | $447K | $24K | — | $406K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $123K from 9 charities:
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$92K
- The Perth and District Community Foundation$16K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,236
- Vancouver Foundation$5,400
- Almonte Community CO-Ordinators$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,313
- Almonte Baptist Church$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$250
- Rotary Club of Smiths Falls (service Fund) Inc.$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$524K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jordan Thompson (chair); Brenda Gray (past chair); Carole Fuller (secretary/treasurer); Manon Vaillancourt (director); Andrew Lynch (director); Nancy Holman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Lanark County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134473842RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.