Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS)
Charitable organization · Merville, British Columbia · BN 892077991RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($1,153,678) as filed with the CRA.
Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) is a charitable organization based in Merville, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 10% from government. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $235K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
Multiple animal sanctuary/rehab Animal Hospital Visitor Centre and education Recovery Complex Raffle
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1M | $1M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $963K | $963K | — | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | — | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $849K | — | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $235K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$106K
- Canadahelps Canadon$106K
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$8,287
- BenefAction Foundation$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$3,125
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$2,409
- Comox Valley Food Bank Society$2,164
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$828
- Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia$345
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$297
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$265
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$255
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$279K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892077991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.