Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118809409RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,872,763) as filed with the CRA.
Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 15% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 45 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.3M.
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 90% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Since 1960 Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland has been committed to enhancing the confidence self-esteem and well-being of girls through supportive friendships with caring women through three core programs: • Big and Little Sister Program: matches youth aged 7 to 17 in one-to-one friendships with trained female volunteers • Study Buddy Program: offers youth aged 7 to 17 the educational support they need by matching them with volunteer tutors • Go Girls! Healthy Bodies Healthy Lives: a group in-school program for youth aged 11 -14 that focuses on physical activity and balanced eating • Bright…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.9M | $1.8M | $471K | — | $6.7M |
| 2023 | $4M | $2.7M | $1.7M | $459K | — | $6.8M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $1.4M | $448K | — | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $675K | $231K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $1.9M | $1.2M | $318K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.3M from 45 charities:
- Pacific Spirit Foundation$250K
- The Transformation Foundation$250K
- Diamond Foundation$117K
- Peter & Joanne Brown Foundation$80K
- Lutsky Family Foundation$63K
- Vancouver Foundation$58K
- Aqueduct Foundation$56K
- The Houssian Foundation$51K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$45K
- Diane Harwood Memorial Trust$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$25K
- The River Foundation$24K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$20K
- BenefAction Foundation$15K
- Face the World Foundation$12K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$12K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$10K
- Aron Charitable Foundation$10K
- The Abercrombie Foundation$10K
- First West Foundation$10K
- Ames Family Foundation$10K
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$10K
- The KPMG Foundation/la Fondation KPMG$10K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Laura Jeffery (treasurer); Ashley Baker (secretary); Renee Murdoch (director); Tara Amiri-Khaledi (vice-chair); Julia Hibbard (director); Anisha Virani (director); Lorna Nimmons (past chair); Carol Robinson (chair); Laura Smart (director); Victoria Gay (director); Daniel Levangie (director); Ramya Hosak (director); Winnie Mok (director); Hayley Woodin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Big Sisters of B.C. Lower Mainland’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118809409RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.