Centre de Rehabilitation le Nichoir Inc.
Charitable organization · Hudson, Quebec · BN 894112358RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($557,539) as filed with the CRA.
Centre de Rehabilitation le Nichoir Inc. is a charitable organization based in Hudson, Quebec, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $504K in revenue and $558K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 48% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Le Nichoir’s mission is to conserve wild birds as part of our natural heritage. Situated at the entrance to the Clarke Sydenham Nature Reserve in Hudson Quebec the Centre delivers wildlife rehabilitation and public environmental education programs specializing in songbirds and aquatic birds. Each year its team of staff and volunteers provides professional and compassionate care to thousands of injured and/or orphaned wild birds representing over 100 species from across Quebec. Bilingual public education initiatives are delivered online and on site. They include social media posts interac…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $504K | $558K | $381K | $79K | $0 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $414K | $522K | $365K | $69K | $0 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $393K | $459K | $329K | $51K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $416K | $479K | $331K | $58K | $0 | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $342K | $384K | $276K | $35K | $0 | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 15 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$20K
- TD Friends of the Environment Foundation$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,497
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,500
- Fondation Famille Vachon$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$526
- War Memorial Library Hudson Heights$500
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$300
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$250
- Link Charity Canada Inc$250
- La Fondation Rossy The Rossy Foundation$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$167
- National Wildlife Rehabilitation Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$306K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wendy Nickless (president); Peter McBride (chairman of the board); Sarah MacPherson (secretary); Nikhil Bhatia (treasurer); Florence Erdmann (director); Charles-Henri Brunet (director); Carole Schneider (director); Jennifer Lombardi (director); Julie Boudreault (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre de Rehabilitation le Nichoir Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894112358RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.