Atlantic Wildlife Institute Inc./institut Atlantique de la Faune Inc.
Charitable organization · Cookville, New Brunswick · BN 894331990RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($363,375) as filed with the CRA.
Atlantic Wildlife Institute Inc./institut Atlantique de la Faune Inc. is a charitable organization based in Cookville, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $338K in revenue and $363K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 15% from donations, 5% from government, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $204K.
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 position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $195K in 2020 to $338K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Atlantic wildlife institute provides wildlife care environmental outdoor/nature based education training and emergency response programs. Awi receives injured ill and orphaned wildlife and studies the causes of displacement. It's goal is to release wild healthy animals back to their natural habitats. Education outreach programs are based on helping the general public understand and learn about indigenous wildlife populations the habitats they come out of the links to healthy ecosystems and human wellbeing. Youth nature club and seasonal camps/workshops provide opportunity for community re…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $338K | $363K | $363K | — | — | $570K |
| 2023 | $391K | $362K | $362K | — | — | $624K |
| 2022 | $330K | $315K | $299K | $11K | — | $600K |
| 2021 | $315K | $252K | $248K | — | — | $584K |
| 2020 | $195K | $149K | $127K | $15K | — | $521K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $204K from 14 charities:
- The Marilyn Neaves Charitable Foundation Trust$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Crake Foundation Inc$3,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,000
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$672
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$583
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$576
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$399
- United Way/Centraide (Central N.B./Region Du Centre du N.B.)Inc.$374
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$274
- United Way of Calgary and Area$200
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$137K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Vessey (president); Francis Poirier (director); Pamela Novak (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Atlantic Wildlife Institute Inc./institut Atlantique de la Faune Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894331990RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.