Catnap-(cats Needing Aid and Protection) Society
Charitable organization · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 876769225RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($299,374) as filed with the CRA.
Catnap-(cats Needing Aid and Protection) Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $343K in revenue and $299K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 10% from government, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $72K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $160K in 2020 to $343K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Our charity responds to public calls for assistance with stray abandoned and feral cats and kittens. We arrange and pay for all veterinary care foster care process adoptions for adoptable cats/kittens and provide food/shelter/vet care for feral cat colonies and ensure that a caregiver is assigned to each colony. All cats are spayed or neutered to prevent future unwanted litters and potential abandonment. Where cats cannot be returned to their original trapping/colony location following spay or neuter we seek out relocation opportunities to approved barn acreage homes in collaboration wit…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $343K | $299K | $287K | $9,524 | — | $89K |
| 2023 | $276K | $292K | $285K | $5,999 | — | $47K |
| 2022 | $219K | $228K | $219K | $7,759 | $300 | $69K |
| 2021 | $215K | $203K | $195K | $8,182 | — | $74K |
| 2020 | $160K | $143K | $141K | — | $500 | $65K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cathy Brzoza (executive director); Chrystal Hirst (rescue and trapping director); Brittnee Aeberhardt (foster director); Kelsey Flynn (secretary); Tine McLennan (adoption director); Shannon Obradovich (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Catnap-(cats Needing Aid and Protection) Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876769225RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.