Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society (GEARS)
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 822791430RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($316,492) as filed with the CRA.
Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society (GEARS) is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $263K in revenue and $316K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $114K in 2020 to $263K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
General animal rescue strathcona county cat shelter
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $263K | $316K | $300K | $16K | — | $6,401 |
| 2023 | $341K | $322K | $288K | $24K | — | $57K |
| 2022 | $249K | $267K | — | — | — | -$15K |
| 2021 | $149K | $163K | $137K | — | — | $7,732 |
| 2020 | $114K | $20K | $10K | — | $500 | $7,033 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $96K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$11K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$7,001
- The ST. Albert School Division and the Board of Trustees of ST. Albert School Division$5,028
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$3,250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,763
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,016
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$739
- United Way of Calgary and Area$434
- United Way of Greater Toronto$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Elizabeth Pankhurst (president); Karla Alsop (v ice president); Micaela Friesen (director); Jessica Padovan (director); Stephanie Major (director); Michelle Goodman (director); Lindsey Shephard (director); Rob Solomonson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society (GEARS)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822791430RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.