Les Grands Freres et les Grandes Soeurs de l'Ouest de l'Ile Big Brothers an Big Sisters of West Island
Charitable organization · Kirkland, Quebec · BN 119015881RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($620,769) as filed with the CRA.
Les Grands Freres et les Grandes Soeurs de l'Ouest de l'Ile Big Brothers an Big Sisters of West Island is a charitable organization based in Kirkland, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $597K in revenue and $621K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 16% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $132K.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% 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
1) mentoring program: matches children ages 6-19 from single-parent families with adult volunteers. 65% of these families are below the poverty line. 2) couple matches: one child matched with another child. 3) elementary in-school mentoring program: children matched with a volunteer in a school setting 4) cross-gender matching: women matched with boys 5)child safety program 6)mentorat 16-21:matches children ages 16-21 with a history in foster care and rehabilitation center with mentors for a positive presence in their lives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $597K | $621K | — | $100K | — | $411K |
| 2023 | $549K | $977K | — | $93K | — | $434K |
| 2022 | $584K | $563K | — | $47K | — | $574K |
| 2021 | $407K | $383K | — | $1,763 | — | $542K |
| 2020 | $594K | $467K | $294K | $80K | — | $537K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $132K from 10 charities:
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$53K
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$45K
- West-island community shares$11K
- Association Des Grands Frères Et Grandes Soeurs Du Québec$10K
- The Tenaquip Foundation$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada$1,080
- Pointe-Claire Oldtimers Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$798
- Canadahelps Canadon$501
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$221
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
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$426K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kirby Coussa (treasurer); Suzanne Labonte (president); Scott Moon (secretaire); Valentino (val) Pietrantonio (director); Samantha Ramsli (director); Sebastiano Stabile (director); Sean Clayton (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Les Grands Freres et les Grandes Soeurs de l'Ouest de l'Ile Big Brothers an Big Sisters of West Island’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119015881RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.