Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 807188479RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,284,228) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5.5M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 7% from other charities. In 2024, 53 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 38 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $5.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Rescue rehabilitate & rehome; Spay/Neuter Assistance (SNAP); Emergency Shelter; Humane Education/Outreach; Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR); Disaster Response; Pet Food Assistance Compassionate Care
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.5M | $5.3M | $4.1M | $679K | — | $4.3M |
| 2023 | $6.6M | $5.3M | $4.3M | $659K | — | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $5M | $4.4M | $3.6M | $492K | $1,000 | $2.9M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $3.8M | $3.1M | $389K | $0 | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $2.6M | $436K | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 53 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$247K
- The Calgary Foundation$150K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$129K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- Canadahelps Canadon$78K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$69K
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$55K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$50K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$49K
- Aqueduct Foundation$34K
- ATCO Electric Epic$26K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$25K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$17K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$16K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- The Shawana Foundation$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$10K
- Harbourfront Gives Foundation$6,000
- Calgary Spay Neuter Assistance Society$5,000
- Allard Foundation LTD.$5,000
- Jumpy Animal Welfare Foundation$5,000
- Canada Gives$5,000
- Cidel Foundation$5,000
- Four Feet Companion Foundation$4,000
- R.O.W. Charity Foundation$4,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions38
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Deanna Thompson (executive director); Niki Wilson (director finance & facilities); Lisa Makinson (president & chair); Brian Churchman (vice president); Alison Steeves (treasurer); Brieanna Bridgman (director-at-large); Vanessa Salopek (director-at-large); Karin King (secretary); Marita Zouraviloff (director-at-large); Jonathan Robins (director-at-large); Angela Cyr (director-at-large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807188479RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.