Bide Awhile Animal Shelter Society
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 889459095RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,103,136) as filed with the CRA.
Bide Awhile Animal Shelter Society is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $308K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $477K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 19 names.
In its own words
Animal rescue - bide awhile rescues and re-homes cats and dogs. All animals taken in receive any necessary spay/neuter vaccinations de-worming flea treatment feline leukemia testing and micro-chipping. Low cost spay & neuter program - this program is offered to low income pet owners to reduce pet overpopulation in our community and to provide a happier healthier life for their animal companions. Palliative care foster program - bide awhile finds permanent foster homes for older animals or those with health issues that can make the financial commitment a barrier to adoption. Bide awhi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $1M | $977K | $723K | $48K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $599K | $528K | $289K | $9,092 | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $645K | $504K | $504K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $477K | $529K | $310K | $59K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $308K from 15 charities:
- La Société Pour La Prévention Contre La Cruauté Envers Les Animaux De L'Ouest Du Québec/The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Of Western Quebec$100K
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$9,931
- Aqueduct Foundation$8,500
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$3,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,553
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,800
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$426
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$307
- RCMP Veterans' Association Foundation$100
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$434K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Aaron Veinotte (past president); Amanda Ash (director); Angela Martin (vice president); Charley Baxter (treasurer); Cherie Dufour-Sooley (director); Erin Davison (director); Fay Dickinson (co-treasurer); Florence Maclennan (director); Jenna Gromack (director); Jenny-Leigh Dionne (director); Kimberley McOnie (secretary); Liesje Somers-Blonde (executive director); Liz Doyle-Willis (director); Melanie Lewell (director); Sophia McGean (director); Stephanie Ryan (director); Thom Williams (president); Trish Jolly (lizee) (director); Wendy De Kimpe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bide Awhile Animal Shelter Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889459095RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.