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
Cents to cause T1
77¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
23%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.4 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$7.9M
Charity Intelligence ★★★★★ A- · T2
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Common questions
How do I donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 118808740RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 110 - 220A YONGE ST, TORONTO, ON, M5B 2H1. Source.
What does Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 77¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $7.9M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
77¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 77¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 77¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
1.4 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
2%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
30%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
69%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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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 ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Overall rating
★ T2 · Charity Intelligence★★★★★
Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.
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Results reporting
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceA-
How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).
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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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