Alberta Helping Animals Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 840715577RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($429,742) as filed with the CRA.
Alberta Helping Animals Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $371K in revenue and $430K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 57% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $102K in 2020 to $371K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Support successful and enduring human-animal bonds between companion animals and people with low income disabilities and unfortunate circumstances through providing advice advocacy and access to veterinary care and other services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $371K | $430K | $430K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $348K | $408K | $408K | $0 | $0 | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $161K | $260K | $260K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $329K | $155K | $140K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $102K | $146K | $132K | $0 | $0 | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$255K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Constance Varnhagen (president); Antoinette Marzullo (secretary); Savannah Howse-Smith (director); Stanley Varnhagen (director); Elizabeth Bonkink (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Alberta Helping Animals Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840715577RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.