Meika's Safehouse Ltd.
Private foundation · Sherwood Park, Alberta · BN 759729874RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($143,530) as filed with the CRA.
Meika's Safehouse Ltd. is a private foundation based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $142K in revenue and $144K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 30% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $81K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $79K in 2021 to $142K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Meika's safehouse is a registered charitable organization who's purpose is to rehabilitate and provide a safe and loving environment for any bird in need. We work primarily with parrots but all species of companion or pet birds are welcomed. When birds are surrendered into our care we fully assess their overall health and start some training and socialization as appropriate. Most of the birds that come into care have not been abused but because of the level of intelligence they posses the y are often under significant emotional stress when they are relinquished. Birds that have been mistr…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $142K | $144K | $144K | — | — | $31K |
| 2023 | $111K | $142K | — | — | — | -$8,742 |
| 2022 | $120K | $95K | $95K | — | — | $23K |
| 2021 | $79K | $73K | $73K | — | — | -$2,585 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $81K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$15K
- Berkeley's Place Foundation$3,000
- Help a Buddy Fund$2,768
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,207
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,701
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,311
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$790
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$130
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$48K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Janine Couture (president); Ian Sprague (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Meika's Safehouse Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 759729874RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.