Medicine Hat S P C a
Charitable organization · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 898298252RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($807,493) as filed with the CRA.
Medicine Hat S P C a is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $567K in revenue and $807K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 16% from government. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $80K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 47% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operated 'adopt a pet' facility to house and care for unwanted sick or abused animals in medicine hat and the surrounding areas. Provide financial aid to pet owners for spaying/neutering. Provide public education through media school visits and in house courses to promote responsible pet ownership and humane treatment of animals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $567K | $807K | $724K | $16K | — | $836K |
| 2023 | $684K | $770K | $683K | $20K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $656K | $770K | $691K | $9,089 | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $902K | — | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $780K | $543K | $480K | $4,800 | — | $968K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $80K from 11 charities:
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$25K
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- Canfel Foundation$10K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$7,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,660
- United Way of South Eastern Alberta$2,530
- Georgina Sawyer Memorial Foundation$2,000
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$750
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$727
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$318
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
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$465K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jacqueline Pederson (director); Anna Marie Clark (treasurer); Ryan Kessell (president); Richard Schear (director); Sharon Weiss (director); Tobie Syverson (director); Morisseau Marquel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Medicine Hat S P C a’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 898298252RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.