Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 106794548RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,155,922) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 26% from government, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $97K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 11% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
We enable life changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people. Programs are targeted to the need(s) of the child/youth and to the time availability of the mentor(s). Traditional: community-based one-to-one mentoring big buddy: activity based group mentoriing in-school: site-based one-to-one & group mentoring ototema: mentoring youth in conflict with the law map: mentoring adolescent parents prism: one-to-one & group mentoring between 2slgbtqia* adults & 2slgbtqia* youth
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $705K | $292K | — | $415K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $699K | $330K | — | $519K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $705K | $359K | — | $522K |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1M | $640K | $268K | — | $445K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $714K | $555K | — | $356K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $97K from 11 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$27K
- Graham C. Lount Family Foundation Inc.$20K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- True North Youth Foundation Inc.$9,090
- Canadian Race Relations Foundation$6,400
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$1,966
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,293
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$950
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$307
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$715K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colin Napper (president); Shaun Jeffrey (vice-president); Mark Giesbrecht (past president); Kaleigh Wills Wowryk (treasurer); Elliot Olin (secretary); Adriel Agpalza (member at large); John Daniels (member at large); Stephanie Johnston (member at large); Linzy Jones (member at large); Carla Loewen (member at large); Zoe Stevens (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Winnipeg Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106794548RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.