Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Niagara
Charitable organization · Welland, Ontario · BN 107449571RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($679,304) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Niagara is a charitable organization based in Welland, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $692K in revenue and $679K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 26% from government, 27% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,175.
Compared with 2,429 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Traditional matching of adult men and women with boys and girls mentoring by an adult with a student one hour per week go girls focusing on young girl issues game on focusing on young boy issues
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $692K | $679K | $587K | $26K | — | $558K |
| 2021 | $398K | $364K | $349K | $153 | — | $246K |
| 2020 | $495K | $392K | $348K | $6,266 | — | $132K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,175 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$380K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Frank Ruberto (board chair); Victoria Brzozowski (vice chair); Mike Leone (director); Sheryl Johnson (secretary); Trevor Marsh (director); Bruce Smith (director); Keri Harrison (director); Kyle Kergott (treasurer); Virginia Workman (director); Ellen Schonewille (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Niagara’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107449571RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.