Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fraser Valley
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 106793581RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($952,164) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fraser Valley is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $933K in revenue and $952K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 27% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $282K.
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 28% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Mentoring children in the community -traditional one to one programs mentoring children in school ( adult and teem mentoring) group mentoring human services career enrichment program- group program matching high school student with university students
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $933K | $952K | $728K | $115K | — | $617K |
| 2023 | $876K | $890K | $695K | $99K | — | $635K |
| 2022 | $688K | $752K | $599K | $56K | — | $650K |
| 2021 | $723K | $687K | $549K | $52K | — | $714K |
| 2020 | $752K | $611K | $376K | $50K | — | $678K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $282K from 15 charities:
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$77K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$76K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$50K
- United Way British Columbia$44K
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$13K
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,608
- Munday-Maxwell & Gaylene-Association$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,671
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$1,826
- Vancouver Foundation$1,350
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$991
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$212
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$162
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
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$638K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Haley Duke (vice chair); Dean Fuller (director); Peter Gemmell (director); Brittany Hutchison (director); Carrie McCulley (director); Glen Robertson (director); Daniel Sorensen (director); Brian Vickers (chair); Sheri Weidenhammer (secretary); Artur Delorme (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fraser Valley’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793581RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.