Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 807598578RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,283,947) as filed with the CRA.
Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,184 in 2024, the largest being $2,184 to GLO Farm Sanctuary. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Happily ever esther farm sanctuary (the 'organization') is dedicated to rescuing abused neglected and abandoned farmed animals providing a safe life-long home for all of it's residents and to educate the public about the true nature of farmed animals through tours volunteer programs and community outreach. Caring for abused and neglected farm animals esther shares - paying for the veterinary costs of animals at other sanctuaries meeting the requirements
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | $1.3M | $859K | $19K | $46K | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $935K | $38K | $12K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1M | $803K | $21K | $5,000 | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $791K | $11K | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $999K | $745K | $11K | — | $863K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,184 to 1 qualified donee:
- GLO Farm Sanctuary$2,184
Received $29K from 10 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,335
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$5,132
- R&M Lang Foundation$750
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$635
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$306
- United Way of Greater Toronto$268
- United Way of Regina$98
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$537K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy Fischer (president); Kellie Heckman (treasurer); Lynn Van Der Valk (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 807598578RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.