Lakefield Animal Welfare Society
Charitable organization · Selwyn, Ontario · BN 139094221RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($732,041) as filed with the CRA.
Lakefield Animal Welfare Society is a charitable organization based in Selwyn, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $732K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $187K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $487K in 2020 to $1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Caring for stray injured and abused animals. Reducing animal populations by spaying/neutering as required. A foster program where animals (primarily cats) are cared for in a loving atmosphere until space becomes available at the shelter and future adoption to their forever homes. Emergencey veterinary care as needed. Advising and assisting the general public on the importance of spaying and neutering and the general care of their pets. A feral cat program where a reduced rate is offered for spaying/neutering as well as rabies shots.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $732K | $561K | $7,066 | — | $1.5M |
| 2023 | $653K | $743K | $684K | $6,185 | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $476K | $802K | $717K | $4,567 | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $740K | $535K | $492K | $2,287 | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $487K | $489K | $458K | $5,185 | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $187K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$85K
- Canadahelps Canadon$85K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,731
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,360
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,138
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$2,000
- United Way Haliburton Kawartha Lakes$1,004
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$997
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$600
- United Way of Greater Toronto$500
- The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay Foundation$104
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$334K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jo-Anne Elliot (director); Dee Hargreaves (vice-treasurer); Jackie Jacobson (secretary); Phyllis Lennox (director); Meghan Moloney Keating (director); Sarah Mortimer (director); Carla Rinaldo (director); Marilyn Strain (board chair); Linda Twohey (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lakefield Animal Welfare Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139094221RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.