Canadian Federation of Humane Societies
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 118830884RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,417,342) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 28% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $469K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare 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 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 23 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1M in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1. Worked collaboratively with individuals and organizations representing the livestock industry retail sector veterinarians and ngo's regarding improvements to farm animal care animal transportation animals in science animals in emergencies and humane slaughter 2. Accreditation program for members 3. Publish newsletters on general animal welfare issues. 4. Enhanced the organization's website to improve access and relevance for both the public and member agencies 5. Utilized web-based initiatives to educate canadians about responsible pet ownership 6. Worked with experts to create tr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $231K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.4M | $1.8M | $232K | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $1.7M | $1.2M | $217K | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $918K | $206K | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $1M | $887K | $315K | $251K | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $469K from 15 charities:
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$147K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$98K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$64K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- Canadahelps Canadon$56K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$17K
- Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$10K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,061
- BenefAction Foundation$1,800
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,453
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,335
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$514
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$253
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions23
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Toyne (chair of the board); Carrie Fritz (treasurer); Deborah Johnston (director); Elizabeth Murphy (director); Shane Bateman (director); Sophie Gaillard (director); Liza Sunley (vice chair of the board); Kevin Strooband (secretary); Shoni Field (director); John Gerrard (director); Carina Torre (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Federation of Humane Societies’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118830884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.