Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Charitable organization · Rosseau, Ontario · BN 118791193RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($779,279) as filed with the CRA.
Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a charitable organization based in Rosseau, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $779K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $700K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $559K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Permanent residents: aspen valley provides a permanent home to almost 30 animals who have come to us from various situations. Many were born or raised in captivity and were later seized by authorities who then approached aspen valley to provide them with forever homes. Animal in rehabilitation: aspen valley specializes in the rehabilitation of native ontario woldlife. We are the only facility in ontario licensed to rehabilitate moose calves and are one of the few rehabilitation centers equipped with and aquatic facility to house and care for aquatic mammals year-round
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $779K | $642K | $31K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $885K | $741K | $551K | $51K | — | $996K |
| 2022 | $667K | $417K | $503K | $45K | — | $852K |
| 2021 | $1M | $852K | $693K | $29K | — | $861K |
| 2020 | $559K | $613K | $545K | $22K | — | $673K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $700K from 22 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$258K
- Canadahelps Canadon$258K
- The Marilyn Neaves Charitable Foundation Trust$50K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$37K
- Leslois Shaw Foundation$25K
- Walker Wood Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Niagara Action for Animals$5,000
- The Read Elliott Family Foundation$5,000
- National Wildlife Rehabilitation Foundation$4,334
- Hueston Family Foundation$2,500
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- Canada Gives$1,000
- The Tonglen Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$636
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$610
- Elgin-ST. Thomas Community Foundation$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$65
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$60
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$265K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie McMahon (board chair); Desiree Tillie (board vice chair); Gord Forfar (board treasurer); Lori Forester (board secretary); Sarah French (board member); Shelley Lancaster (board member); Victor D'Souza (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118791193RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.