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GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL

GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL (Quebec) receives grants from 40 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,312,745 to it, the largest being Centraide Du Grand Montréal (C$827,583). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$1.2M
Revenue FY2024
40
Funders on record
C$2.3M
Grants received
C$169k
Net assets
22/40 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 53%

Against its field

GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Three funders worth looking at

Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$874k) Expenses 100 (C$862k) Net assets 100 (C$29k)2018 Revenue 111 (C$970k) Expenses 109 (C$940k) Net assets 207 (C$60k)2019 Revenue 120 (C$1.1M) Expenses 128 (C$1.1M) Net assets 34 (C$10k)2020 Revenue 131 (C$1.1M) Expenses 127 (C$1.1M) Net assets 210 (C$60k)2021 Revenue 147 (C$1.3M) Expenses 126 (C$1.1M) Net assets 894 (C$257k)2022 Revenue 114 (C$997k) Expenses 129 (C$1.1M) Net assets 631 (C$182k)2023 Revenue 97 (C$844k) Expenses 123 (C$1.1M) Net assets -218 (C$-62849)2024 Revenue 134 (C$1.2M) Expenses 109 (C$943k) Net assets 587 (C$169k)
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Revenue (134)Expenses (109)Net assets (587)Peer revenue range

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 15% · 2018 12% · 2019 12% · 2020 14% · 2021 46% · 2022 41% · 2023 24% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (8% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,313 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$12k
’17
C$31k
’18
−C$50k
’19
C$51k
’20
C$197k
’21
−C$117k
’22
−C$214k
’23
C$232k
’24
2.8
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose C$186k → C$446k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Hewitt Foundationidentity?
C$175k
Fondation La Collecteunclassified
C$78k
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$39k
Fondation Jeunes en Têteunclassified
C$35k
PayPal Giving Fund Canadaunclassified
C$20k
Fondation Famille Caronunclassified
C$15k
Fondation Famille Benoitunclassified
C$11k
Fondation Ssq Inc.unclassified
C$5k
The Gainey Foundationunclassified
C$1k
funders
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13
12
16
17
16
18
23

From the CRA filings of GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL.

36%
largest funder
59%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 70% · 2019 70% · 2020 38% · 2021 51% · 2022 51% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

46% of GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

85% of GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL's grant income comes from Quebec funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’22
’23
Quebec out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 40 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Government revenue GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$221k
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  • 19% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Quebec

Les Grands Freres Et Grandes Soeurs de Quebec Inc.79%Grands Freres Grandes Soeurs de la Porte Du Nord78%LES GRANDS FRERES ET LES GRANDES SOEURS DE la Montéregie inc.77%Association Des Grands Frères Et Grandes Soeurs Du Québec77%Grands Freres Grandes Soeurs Des Appalaches77%Les Grands-Freres Et Grandes-Soeurs de L'Outaouais Inc76%Les Grands Frères Et Les Grandes Soeurs de L'Ouest de L'Île76%Les Soeurs grises de Montréal / The Grey Nuns of Montreal75%

Nationally

Les Grands Freres Et Grandes Soeurs de Quebec Inc.79%Grands Freres Grandes Soeurs de la Porte Du Nord78%LES GRANDS FRERES ET LES GRANDES SOEURS DE la Montéregie inc.77%Association Des Grands Frères Et Grandes Soeurs Du Québec77%Big Brothers Big Sisters of Guelph77%Grands Freres Grandes Soeurs Des Appalaches77%Les Grands-Freres Et Grandes-Soeurs de L'Outaouais Inc76%Les Grands Frères Et Les Grandes Soeurs de L'Ouest de L'Île76%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 14%Fundraising 1%

Governance

18
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL?
GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL (Quebec) receives grants from 40 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,312,745 to it, the largest being Centraide Du Grand Montréal (C$827,583). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 40 organizations giving C$2,312,745 in grants to GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL?
Centraide Du Grand Montréal is the largest funder on record, with C$827,583 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GRANDS FRERES GRANDES SOEURS DU GRAND MONTREAL / BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MONTREAL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Quebec.

Play a game about who funds Grands Freres Grandes Soeurs Du Grand Montreal / Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Montreal →

These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register