Claresholm Animal Rescue Society
Charitable organization · Claresholm, Alberta · BN 815173695RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($184,739) as filed with the CRA.
Claresholm Animal Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Claresholm, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $209K in revenue and $185K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 13% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $58K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Operation of animal shelter feral cat trap neuter program education of responsible pet ownership foster programs and barn cat program.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $209K | $185K | $174K | $10K | — | $130K |
| 2023 | $172K | $178K | $176K | $1,735 | — | $106K |
| 2022 | $181K | $162K | $160K | $1,759 | — | $111K |
| 2021 | $142K | $135K | $129K | $5,265 | — | $92K |
| 2020 | $170K | $127K | $124K | $2,285 | — | $84K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $58K from 8 charities:
- The Hotchkiss Family Foundation$40K
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$13K
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$2,000
- Calgary Spay Neuter Assistance Society$2,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$763
- The Western Communities Foundation$320
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$296
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$178
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$62K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorraine Norgard (president); Shelley Ford (vice president); Doreen Van Langen (treasurer); Lynn Harrinton (secretary); Denise Peters (director); Sylvia Giroux (director); Lise Schulze (director); Gina Fankhanel (director); Shauna Allen (director); Kandice Meister (town council rep).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Claresholm Animal Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815173695RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.