Bear Valley Rescue Society
Charitable organization · Sundre, Alberta · BN 811164193RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($642,577) as filed with the CRA.
Bear Valley Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Sundre, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $646K in revenue and $643K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $180K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To rescue care educate - for annimal welfare promoting animal welfare through the rescue rehabilitation and rehoming of horses and occasionally other livestock. Promoting animal welfare through collaboration with other rescue organizations promoting animal welfare by educating the public about animal welfare concerns
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $646K | $643K | $605K | $1,436 | — | $393K |
| 2023 | $674K | $651K | $611K | — | — | $390K |
| 2022 | $702K | $622K | $591K | $281 | — | $367K |
| 2021 | $720K | $600K | $572K | — | — | $287K |
| 2020 | $573K | $442K | $411K | $1,155 | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $180K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Canadahelps Canadon$53K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26K
- Aqueduct Foundation$15K
- BenefAction Foundation$6,240
- United Way of Calgary and Area$6,084
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,570
- Georgina Sawyer Memorial Foundation$4,000
- The Grant Macewan Charitable Foundation 2002$1,500
- The Calgary Foundation$1,400
- Kittyhawk Animal Foundation$1,000
- Lily Street Foundation$1,000
- The Tonglen Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$652
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$413
- West Island College Society of Alberta$316
- Berkeley's Place Foundation$300
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$10K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Bartley (president); Leslie Kobes (director); Janice Smith (secretary); Janine Falck (treasurer); Kelly Kay (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bear Valley Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811164193RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.