Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou County
Charitable organization · New Glasgow, Nova Scotia · BN 106793433RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($920,894) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou County is a charitable organization based in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $939K in revenue and $921K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from government, 13% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $116K.
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 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
We provide mentoring programs and support developmental relationships for children and youth that face adversities. Programs include: Big Brothers Big Sisters Couples for Kids In School Mentoring Peer Mentoring Game On! Go Girls! Big Bunch Youth Outreach Program. Volunteers donated 27 840 hours of volunteer time with 150 mentors. Approximately 40 volunteers sit on committees etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $939K | $921K | $588K | $66K | — | $767K |
| 2023 | $857K | $848K | $541K | $68K | — | $755K |
| 2022 | $716K | $704K | $398K | $69K | — | $724K |
| 2021 | $756K | $609K | $303K | $246K | — | $729K |
| 2020 | $778K | $568K | $285K | $216K | — | $635K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $116K from 12 charities:
- The Joyce Family Foundation$50K
- Aberdeen Health Foundation Society$26K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$18K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$7,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$4,388
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,862
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$1,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$570
- Little Harbour Fire Department$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$69
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
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$310K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou County’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.