Bear Creek Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary Inc.
Private foundation · Barrie, Ontario · BN 880094024RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($234,890) as filed with the CRA.
Bear Creek Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary Inc. is a private foundation based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2023, it reported $147K in revenue and $235K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $64K.
Compared with 406 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Co-operative education in all educational sectors-volunteer and community service hours earned-over 5000 volunteer hours-wildlife conservation and rehabilitation-zoology programs-wildlife rescue and rehabilitation with wildlife custodian authorization-permanent placement for illegal possession on native and exotic seized animals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $147K | $235K | — | — | $512 | -$34K |
| 2022 | $81K | $300K | $1,012 | — | $6,000 | $54K |
| 2021 | $650K | $336K | — | — | $7,112 | $315K |
| 2020 | $199K | $265K | — | — | $1,612 | -$41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $64K from 8 charities:
- The Marilyn Neaves Charitable Foundation Trust$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$18K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$632
- Fern Jack Charity$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$130
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$40
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$30
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$72K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Maria (mary) Barros (exective director); Michelle Ebner (chairwoman); Mary Sever (general manager); Peter Collette (general manager); Sandra Collette (gen. manager).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bear Creek Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880094024RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.