BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CANADA-LES GRANDS FRERES GRANDS SOEURS DU CANADA
Charitable organizationOrganizations relieving poverty·110 - 220A YONGE ST · TORONTO, ON · M5B 2H1·BN 118808740RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC) is the National office for its member agencies in communities across Canada. Together we mobilize over 17 000 volunteers who in turn mentor almost 32 000 children and young people. Young people who face adversity and are in need of an additional consistent and supportive developmental relationship access this critical intervention at no cost to the individual or family. Each Big Brothers Big Sisters agency provides direct service to children by matching volunteers and youth in intentional mentoring relationships to support the young person’s developme… Show more
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (BBBSC) is the National office for its member agencies in communities across Canada. Together we mobilize over 17 000 volunteers who in turn mentor almost 32 000 children and young people. Young people who face adversity and are in need of an additional consistent and supportive developmental relationship access this critical intervention at no cost to the individual or family. Each Big Brothers Big Sisters agency provides direct service to children by matching volunteers and youth in intentional mentoring relationships to support the young person’s development. The National Office provides a range of core services that build capacity guide standards and provide efficiencies for local agency operations. Our agency staff members are trained professional experts. They screen volunteers and match them with a mentee having similar interests. BBBSC provides services and programs to our member agencies to assist them with their work with parents guardians mentees and volunteers. Ranging from staff training workshops to our leading Child Safety Program Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada works diligently to ensure children who need this superior quality programming can access it in all parts of the country. Our mission is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)77¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 77¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)23%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)1.4 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$7.9M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)2%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)30%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $6.6M | 82¢ | 20% | 0.9 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $8.4M | 86¢ | 14% | 0.9 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $8.8M | 82¢ | 18% | 1.3 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $8.0M | 81¢ | 19% | 1.3 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $6.8M | 77¢ | 23% | 1.6 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $7.9M | 77¢ | 23% | 1.4 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★★
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA-
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceAverage
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
12 directors reported · 12 of 12at arm's length
- Naso, JamilehDirectorarm's length
- Kalra, GunvirTreasurerarm's length
- Hobeika, DariaSecretaryarm's length
- Liswood, JoshuaDirectorarm's length
- Sliter, JamesVice Chairarm's length
- Cascagnette, IanDirectorarm's length
- Khan, RaheelaDirectorarm's length
- Oliver, BreanneChairarm's length
- MacKay, PeterDirectorarm's length
- Green, JayDirectorarm's length
- Jeffrey, ShaunDirectorarm's length
- McGowan, MattDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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