Big Brothers Big Sisters of South
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 129450433RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($915,902) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $891K in revenue and $916K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 26% from government, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $360K.
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 68% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Programs - big brothers and big sisters traditional match mentoring couples for kids and in school mentoring services:- provides mentoring services to children and youth between 6-14 years of age - provides mentoring services to children and youth between 6-14 years of age - conducts background checks and screening of al volunteers - conducts child and family assessments - educates children parents and volunteers on child safety - monitors child/volunteer matches on-going - recruits positive adult mentors - provides groups activities for 'bigs' (volunteers) and 'littles' (children)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $891K | $916K | $865K | $14K | — | $139K |
| 2023 | $809K | $847K | $784K | $34K | — | $164K |
| 2022 | $648K | $604K | $580K | — | — | $202K |
| 2021 | $740K | $591K | $566K | $2,874 | — | $158K |
| 2020 | $753K | $519K | $471K | $23K | — | $34K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $360K from 18 charities:
- United Way of Durham Region$100K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$62K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$56K
- Northumberland United Way$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- BenefAction Foundation$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$10K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$5,500
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$5,500
- Durham Community Foundation$4,760
- Canada Gives$1,500
- Herman Kassinger Foundation$1,000
- Link Charity Canada Inc$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$473
- Rotary Club of Campbellford Charitable Trust$300
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$695K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracy Axford (director); Jennifer Lynn Kelly (director); Nicolle Justine Fox (chair); Violet Robinson (treasurer); Tishawna Persaud (director); Alison Broadworth (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of South’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129450433RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.