Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville
Charitable organization · Brockville, Ontario · BN 139220164RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($662,157) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville is a charitable organization based in Brockville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $538K in revenue and $662K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 14% from government, 21% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $182K.
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 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Traditional matches: thr big brothers big sisters mentoring program provides children with a role model to talk to and share the experiences of growing up. Big bunch program: we organize and facilitate events for children including those on the wait list for traditional matches. In-school mentoring: in-school mentoring provides elementary students who could benefit from extra emotional social or academic support with a caring adult mentor. Game on and go girls program: this is an in-school group program for children to teach them about making healthy choices living an active lifestyle a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $538K | $662K | $346K | $174K | — | $382K |
| 2023 | $689K | $656K | $328K | $205K | — | $505K |
| 2022 | $531K | $609K | $281K | $200K | $1,250 | $472K |
| 2021 | $398K | $315K | $197K | $31K | $1,200 | $587K |
| 2020 | $470K | $314K | $236K | $18K | $1,441 | $504K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $182K from 11 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$50K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$34K
- United Way of Leeds and Grenville$33K
- Carolyn Sifton Foundation Incorporated$26K
- Carolyn Sifton Foundation Incorporated$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,234
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$5,451
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$4,742
- The Brockville Community Foundation$2,250
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$650
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$391
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$325K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lucas Blancher (director); Tyler Willoughby (vice-president); Sarah Leonard (director); Christina Sabaziotis (director); Lisa Reid (past president); Greg Stilnovich (director & treasurer); Fiona Goodman (director); Dana Halladay (president); Siggy Lelsie-Casselman (director); Kaelynn Fitzgerald (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Leeds and Grenville’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139220164RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.