Long-Run Thoroughbred Retirement Society
Charitable organization · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 877619528RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,163,698) as filed with the CRA.
Long-Run Thoroughbred Retirement Society is a charitable organization based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 52% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 92% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $998K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To provide thoroughbred race horses at the completion of their racing careers with a dignified retirement by finding adoptive homes for alternative careers as riding or sport horses or as companion animals. To educate horsepeople racing fans and the general public as to the merits of this humane alternative. Equine-assisted therapy programs designed to help those with mental health issues or those with domestic problems.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.2M | $896K | $13K | — | $6.8M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $885K | $8,318 | — | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $847K | $1.1M | $832K | $672 | — | $6.1M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $955K | $743K | $341 | — | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $998K | $917K | $704K | $3,500 | — | $5.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 10 charities:
- Toronto Foundation$48K
- The Krembil Foundation$10K
- The Manfred & Penny Conrad Family Foundation$7,500
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,569
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,828
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,769
- Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$414K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bridget Ann Bimm (director); Janet Black (director); Julie Coulter (director); Josie Depaulo (director); Debbie England (director); Sue Leslie (director); Joseph Maclellan (director); Nancy McEachern-Brooks (director); Vicki Pappas (director); Donna Ralph (director); Andrea Magee (director); Carol Wilson-Hodges (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Long-Run Thoroughbred Retirement Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 877619528RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.