Bikes Without Borders / Bicyclettes sans frontieres
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 856913298RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($120,621) as filed with the CRA.
Bikes Without Borders / Bicyclettes sans frontieres is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $56K in revenue and $121K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 2,926 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2020 to $56K in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The Great Bike Recycle: on-going recycling initiative with continuous recycling of bicycles and donation to refugees in priority neighbourhoods in Toronto.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $56K | $121K | $106K | — | — | — |
| 2022 | $101K | $71K | $55K | — | $0 | -$2,979 |
| 2021 | $72K | $15K | $7,840 | — | $0 | $75K |
| 2020 | $23K | $11K | $9,523 | — | $0 | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$88K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Miro Brcic (board chair); Edmund Leong (board member); Philip Baskerville (board member); Bhanu Sharma (board member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bikes Without Borders / Bicyclettes sans frontieres’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856913298RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.