Lethbridge and District Humane Society
Charitable organization · Lethbridge, Alberta · BN 130816960RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($300,790) as filed with the CRA.
Lethbridge and District Humane Society is a charitable organization based in Lethbridge, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $354K in revenue and $301K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $203K in 2020 to $354K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operation of a humane animal shelter that attempts to find new homes for the pets.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $354K | $301K | $191K | $14K | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $383K | $343K | $256K | $603 | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $292K | $273K | $179K | $4,579 | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $490K | $289K | $201K | $3,941 | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $203K | $297K | $207K | $10K | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$13K
- The Calgary Foundation$7,920
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,969
- Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta$5,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$884
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$532
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$31
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$24
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$89K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Nancy Farrell (treasurer); Tracey Ruschin (vice president); Marilyn Bailes (secretary); Erin Thibault (director); Heather Mueller (president).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lethbridge and District Humane Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130816960RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.