British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 118819036RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($60,699,938) as filed with the CRA.
British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $67.1M in revenue and $60.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 207 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.1M.
Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 372 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $54K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Nuxalk Nation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $44.3M in 2020 to $67.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs (1) ANIMAL PROTECTION INVESTIGATIONS AND UPHOLDING OF PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT (2) SHELTERING AND REHOMING OF HOMELESS ANIMALS (3) RESCUE AND EMERGENCY TREATMENTS OF ANIMALS IN DISTRESS OR IN DANGER (4) OUTREACH PROGRAMS SUCH AS PROVIDING FOOD AND OTHER NEEDS FOR VULNERABLE ANIMALS (5) WILDLIFE REHABILITATION (6) YOUTH & HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE (7) ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN ANIMAL WELFARE (8) ADVOCACY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND OVERPOPULATION ISSUES (9) OPER…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $67.1M | $60.7M | $41.1M | $9.5M | $100K | $92.6M |
| 2023 | $75.7M | $57.7M | $38.7M | $8.3M | $47K | $96.5M |
| 2022 | $66.6M | $48.8M | $32.2M | $7.9M | $32K | $78.1M |
| 2021 | $51.4M | $43M | $29.4M | $6M | $25K | $61.9M |
| 2020 | $44.3M | $40.4M | $27.3M | $5.9M | $29K | $54.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $54K to 6 qualified donees:
- Nuxalk Nation$10K
- Cowichan Tribes First Nation$10K
- Pawz United Rescue Society (PURS)$10K
- Saik'uz First Nation$8,500
- Canadian Animal Assistance Team (caat)$8,000
- Straight Outta Rescue Society$7,000
Received $4.1M from 207 charities:
- Diane Harwood Memorial Trust$425K
- Vancouver Foundation$382K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$328K
- The Victoria Foundation$296K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$286K
- Canadahelps Canadon$147K
- Canadahelps Canadon$147K
- Aqueduct Foundation$145K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$132K
- Central Okanagan Foundation$120K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$117K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$100K
- The River Foundation$100K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$90K
- The Victoria Foundation$88K
- Shuswap Community Foundation$87K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$82K
- McLean Family Foundation$60K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$53K
- The Margaret Roche-Heywood Foundation$51K
- Beedie Foundation$51K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$50K
- The Highbury Foundation$42K
- Definity Insurance Foundation$41K
- The Seasted Foundation$40K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9995 positions
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions372
- Total compensation, all staff$36M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Victoria Brydon (board director); Mark Montemurro (board chair); Catherine Ruby (board treasurer); Rebecca Levi (board director); Rochelle Stevenson (board vice chair); Harj Dhaliwal (board director); Cheryl Pelletier (board director); Erin Egeland (board director); Nichola Wade (board director); Sydney Redpath (board director); Lisa Coltart (board director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118819036RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.