Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Simcoe
Charitable organization · Midland, Ontario · BN 119040368RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($352,251) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Simcoe is a charitable organization based in Midland, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $390K in revenue and $352K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 33% from government, 15% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $91K.
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 14% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 98% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $200K in 2020 to $390K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
One to one-traditional match-matching of big brothers and big sisters to children in primarily single parent families. Big bunches-waiting list prgm for one to one. 4 children to 1 big brother/sister. In school mentoring- big brother/sister goes into the child's school during school hours for fun and friendship. Go girls- 7 week mentoring program for girls aged 12-14 with a focus on healthybodies healthy minds and healthy choices.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $390K | $352K | $203K | $149K | — | $164K |
| 2023 | $311K | $308K | $131K | $147K | — | $126K |
| 2022 | $320K | $309K | $153K | $109K | — | $123K |
| 2021 | $361K | $321K | $130K | $1.5M | — | $112K |
| 2020 | $200K | $222K | $122K | $59K | — | $71K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $91K from 10 charities:
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$52K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$9,247
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$6,960
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,569
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- The Hunt Family Charitable Foundation$2,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$42
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$209K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Judy Bales (director); Robert Gow (co-president); Wanda Hamelin (director); Hunter Markle (director); Michelle McKerness (treaurer); Cindy McQuirter-Fairley (director); Christine Van Der Weg (director); Susan Wiggins (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Simcoe’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119040368RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.