Canadian Animal Task Force Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 825596018RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,112,156) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Animal Task Force Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $980K in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 34% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.4M.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $467K in 2020 to $980K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The canadian animal task force (catf) primary activity is providing high volume on site spay and neuter clinics as well as guidance support and resources for community based cat & dog care and management programs for first nations communities. Program includes by-laws humane enforcement licensing and registration of dogs education facilitating the sheltering of impounded or stray dogs and a structured free pet food program for eligible community members. We provide these services by request of the first nation. Clinics are licensed by the alberta veterinary medical association (abvma…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $980K | $1.1M | $850K | $43K | — | $224K |
| 2023 | $825K | $945K | $711K | $24K | — | $356K |
| 2022 | $759K | $726K | $555K | $32K | — | $430K |
| 2021 | $700K | $604K | $477K | $20K | — | $382K |
| 2020 | $467K | $437K | $361K | $4,929 | — | $514K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.4M from 18 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$518K
- Canadahelps Canadon$372K
- Canadahelps Canadon$372K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$50K
- Aqueduct Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$21K
- Eden Conservation Trust$20K
- Humane World Foundation Canada$20K
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$10K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,831
- Four Feet Companion Foundation$5,000
- Trotter Family Foundation$2,500
- Humane Animal Rescue Team Society (harts)$2,500
- Georgina Sawyer Memorial Foundation$2,000
- Jacques Family Foundation Inc.$1,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$400
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$154
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$467K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nancy Larsen (president); Charlene Keller (treasurer); Rachel Nadler (secretary); Carol Warne (hr director); Monika Enachescu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Animal Task Force Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 825596018RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.