Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel York Inc.
Charitable organization · Brampton, Ontario · BN 118809482RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,721,680) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel York Inc. is a charitable organization based in Brampton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 33% from government, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.2M.
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 18% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1. One to one matching program - matching a child with an adult of the same gender/ big buddy-male child under 14. Couples matching-male child matching with couple mentors. 2. Group program - 2 children/youth of the same gender match with an adult volunteer of the same gender to attend on a off-site activities with other group members. 3. In school mentoring - adult mentor meets with child on school property during the school year. 4./5. Go girls! Healthy bodies healthy minds school based program for girls aged 12-15 promoting active living run by adult females. Teen mentoring - sch…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2M | $461K | — | $321K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.9M | $2.1M | $497K | — | $642K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3M | $2.2M | $506K | — | $833K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $1.6M | $401K | — | $643K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.4M | $262K | — | $569K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.2M from 17 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$531K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$302K
- Canadahelps Canadon$112K
- Canadahelps Canadon$112K
- The Dunin Foundation$25K
- Mississauga Foundation$22K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$19K
- Brampton and Caledon Community Foundation$12K
- The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation$7,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$5,882
- Kids Up Front Foundation (toronto)$5,442
- Mississauga Fire Fighters Benevolent Fund$5,176
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$5,000
- The Guelph Community Foundation$5,000
- J.e. Panneton Family Foundation$4,000
- Canada Gives$2,000
- The Tenaquip Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sarah Banks (chair); Clarissa Dacosta (director); Cherie Finnerty (treasurer); Cecile Hammond (director); Sean Henry (director); Emmanuel Koudoumnakis (director); Shari Lynn Ladanchuk (ex-officio & secretary); Karen Lemoine (director); Angel Massey-Singh (past chair); Jay Mian (director); Angie Rehal (director); Bernadette Osmow (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel York Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118809482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.