C.o.p.e. Canine Opportunity People Empowerment
Charitable organization · Barrie, Ontario · BN 896771417RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($363,444) as filed with the CRA.
C.o.p.e. Canine Opportunity People Empowerment is a charitable organization based in Barrie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $269K in revenue and $363K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 37% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $43K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Match youth who are at risk of leaving school with service dogs in-training and show the youths how to train the dogs to become service dogs 2. Conduct therapeutic visits in which youth/dog teams becoming 'reading buddies' for struggling learners in elementary schools. 3. Screen applicants who have disabilities and conduct training camps to teach successful applicants how to work and live with a service dog. 4. Train volunteers how to raise train socialize and interact with service dogs-in-training.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $269K | $363K | $256K | $55K | — | $182K |
| 2023 | $441K | $413K | $318K | $39K | — | $276K |
| 2022 | $544K | $514K | $405K | $66K | — | $249K |
| 2021 | $347K | $340K | $215K | $75K | — | $219K |
| 2020 | $259K | $262K | $159K | $56K | — | $212K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $43K from 12 charities:
- La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso$9,460
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$7,500
- Canada Gives$6,000
- The Canadian Tilling Foundation$5,000
- Innisfil Community Foundation$5,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,520
- The Guelph Community Foundation$2,500
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,087
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$153
- Kohly Family Foundation$100
- United Way of Greater Toronto$88
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$252K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Megan Hiltz (director); Jo-Anne Lane (chair); Paul Roberts (director); Liz Saul (director); Charles Jung (director); Jane Boake (director); Jennifer Hiltz-Kane (director); Devon Mayor (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from C.o.p.e. Canine Opportunity People Empowerment’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 896771417RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.