Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westman Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Brandon, Manitoba · BN 106793904RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($143,288) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westman Inc. is a charitable organization based in Brandon, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $143K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 76% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
To facilitate the development of one on one relationships between adults and children from single parent families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $143K | $134K | $842 | — | $35K |
| 2023 | $150K | $131K | $75K | — | — | $68K |
| 2022 | $146K | $161K | $106K | — | — | $49K |
| 2021 | $195K | $153K | $105K | — | — | $64K |
| 2020 | $128K | $135K | $85K | $6,748 | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$93K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lana Krieser (vice president); Jewel Sundell (director); Deanna Kowalchul (director); Candice Waddell-Henowitch (director); Suelee Innes (president); Ajay Dhindsa (director); Rebecca Anhalt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westman Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793904RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.