Big Brothers Big Sisters of York
Charitable organization · Aurora, Ontario · BN 106793888RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($572,298) as filed with the CRA.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of York is a charitable organization based in Aurora, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, it reported $656K in revenue and $572K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 42% from government, 14% from other charities. In 2023, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,408.
Compared with 2,418 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Our community /traditional big brothers and big sisters matches - continue game on and go girls are the priority focus of our group programs in york region - both in school and site based teen in school mentoring programs - adult in school mentoring program activity and program events
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $656K | $572K | $438K | $44K | — | $325K |
| 2020 | $371K | $297K | $240K | $14K | — | $241K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $7,408 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$442K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Galen McLennan (director); Gary Kryshka (chair/treasurer); Sarah Banks (director); Scott Macaulay (director); Theresa Scullion (director); Sarah Dame (exuxutive director); Cecile Hammond (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Brothers Big Sisters of York’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106793888RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.