South Shore Big Brothers/big Sisters Association
Charitable organization · Bridgewater, Nova Scotia · BN 119158442RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($99,356) as filed with the CRA.
South Shore Big Brothers/big Sisters Association is a charitable organization based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $59K in revenue and $99K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government, 36% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $71K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $101K in 2020 to $59K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Recruiting volunteers to provide high quality and safe mentoring programs and counselling for children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $59K | $99K | $55K | $3,868 | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $120K | $87K | $44K | $4,591 | — | $103K |
| 2022 | $65K | $83K | $47K | $6,047 | — | $37K |
| 2021 | $89K | $96K | $55K | $14K | — | $55K |
| 2020 | $101K | $90K | $53K | $17K | — | $63K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $71K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$49K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ashwin Khedkar (president); Mark Hughes (director-vice president); Meghan Hightower-Smith (director (future vp)); Duncan Bayne (director); Brian McNamara (director); Lucila Puig (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Shore Big Brothers/big Sisters Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119158442RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.