Bear With Us Inc
Charitable organization · Sprucedale, Ontario · BN 898978416RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($215,679) as filed with the CRA.
Bear With Us Inc is a charitable organization based in Sprucedale, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $183K in revenue and $216K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $253K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Bear With Us The four primary areas of operation tar Bear With Us are: 1- Black Bear Rehabilitation; orphaned bear cubs and injured bears cared for and returned to the wild in a high state of health. This activity involves close cooperation with the Ontario Natural Resources Ministry. 2- Education; (a) Off location slide/video presentations for groups at Provincial Parks schools young people’s groups. nature clubs and more. (b) Bear With Us website strong social media presence and remote educational video presentations via Zoom. (c) One on one phone conversations and email responses …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $183K | $216K | $149K | $0 | $0 | $110K |
| 2023 | $269K | $228K | $165K | $0 | $0 | $143K |
| 2022 | $333K | $275K | $212K | — | — | $102K |
| 2021 | $319K | $282K | $224K | $0 | — | $43K |
| 2020 | $190K | $171K | $118K | $0 | $0 | $5,953 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $253K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$108K
- Canadahelps Canadon$108K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$15K
- Walker Wood Foundation$10K
- The Schad Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,375
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,266
- National Wildlife Rehabilitation Foundation$600
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$329
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$40
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
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$67K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael McCintosh (president); Michele Chartier (vice-president); Hannah Barron (secretary/treasurer); Moncini Cinzia (director); Carol Coy (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bear With Us Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898978416RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.