Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 129820874RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,121,132) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 7% from government, 47% from other charities. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $422K.
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 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 13 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Big brothers big sister of london and area (bbbsola) provides positive mentoring experiences to young people in order to foster the development of their self-esteem and potential for a brighter future. The agency facilitates one-to-one and group mentoring programs with adult volunteers in order to enhance the development of young people’s strengths and supplements the relationships with counseling and referral services. The agency also provides a number of school-based programs for students in the elementary and secondary school systems. Bbbsola also offers direct mentoring services to indige…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $912K | $63K | — | $638K |
| 2023 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $908K | $63K | — | $732K |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $996K | $826K | $41K | — | $810K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $877K | $713K | $54K | — | $668K |
| 2020 | $773K | $837K | $715K | $18K | — | $456K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $422K from 19 charities:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$117K
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$100K
- London Community Foundation$49K
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$29K
- Mowbray and Doris Sifton Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- The Lawson Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- London Knights Alumni Foundation$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- Smith Family Foundation$5,000
- Smith Family Foundation$5,000
- United Way Elgin Middlesex$4,205
- The London Police Association Charity Fund$3,500
- THE BRETTLER/Mintz Foundation$1,000
- London Hydro Employees' Charities Chest Fund$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$123
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$30
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions13
- Total compensation, all staff$777K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cadence Baker (vice chair); Jude Friesen (treasurer); Katie Heathcote (director); Sogand Kashefi (director); Meineka Kulasinghe (director); Karen McMillan (director); Shawna Smigelski (director); Sandra Benedikovic (director); Rikka Bouseh (director); Meghan Yip (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129820874RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.