Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119231066RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,662,666) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $9.9M in revenue and $9.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 42 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $801K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 109 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6.1M in 2020 to $9.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
Shelter of homeless animals from edmonton and multiple municipalities emergency veterinary expense for homeless animals. Lost and found services for animals education regarding animal welfare and responsible pet ownership behaviour training and animal first aid courses and education services: kids camp kids club etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.9M | $9.7M | $6.2M | $1.6M | — | $17.8M |
| 2023 | $9.7M | $8.7M | $5.7M | $1.4M | — | $17.6M |
| 2022 | $7.1M | $7.8M | $5.5M | $802K | — | $16.6M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $6.8M | $4.9M | $637K | — | $17.3M |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6.3M | $4.4M | $704K | — | $16.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $801K from 42 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$244K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$139K
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Canadahelps Canadon$81K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$76K
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$29K
- Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation$28K
- Marianne Schmidt Foundation Trust Under Will Rudolf Schmidt$23K
- The Matt & Betty-Jean Baldwin Foundation$10K
- McEachern Family Foundation$10K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$8,245
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundation$7,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$6,012
- BenefAction Foundation$5,250
- Trust Under the Will of Kenneth Hnidan$5,230
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,850
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,561
- The Allan & Sally Sawin Foundation$4,534
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,400
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,250
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$3,200
- C.o.l.d. Respiratory Problems Club$3,125
- The Calgary Foundation$3,001
- The Foundation Office.ca$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,875
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions109
- Total compensation, all staff$5.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darren Lunt (treasurer); Patricia Misutka (vice-chair); Lorenzo Pasutto (director); Amanda Pechousek (director); Ted Purcell (director); Allison Radford (chair); Liza Sunley (ceo); Dale Wispinski (director); Sheri Cameron (director); Gord Gilroy (director); Karen Leibovici (director); Rob Parks (director); Sumeet Saroya (secretary); Jocelyn Forseille (director); Louis Francescutti (director); Kathleen Garbutt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119231066RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.