Northern Lights Regional Humane Society
Charitable organization · High Level, Alberta · BN 839017902RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($155,029) as filed with the CRA.
Northern Lights Regional Humane Society is a charitable organization based in High Level, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $167K in revenue and $155K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 11% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
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 fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $109K in 2020 to $167K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The Northern Lights Regional Humane Society (NLRHS) is a non-profit member supporter organization that is dedicated to providing owner surrendered and homeless animals with shelter and food while attempting to place them in permanent loving homes. Ongoing programs include our Foster Care Program which places animals in home environments to gain socializing skills and training. We operate a Animal Shelter that allows animals in need to come from all over NW Alberta mainly serving the community of High Level as well as surrounding indigenous communities. The shelter also acts as a transfer for…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $167K | $155K | $96K | $27K | — | $86K |
| 2023 | $114K | $109K | $69K | $14K | — | $74K |
| 2022 | $127K | $97K | $85K | $9,543 | $0 | $69K |
| 2021 | $103K | $126K | $39K | $35K | — | $39K |
| 2020 | $109K | $114K | $26K | $23K | $600 | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $18K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$49K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicoline (Nikki) Coles (treasurer); Kimy Pellerin (director); Dezarae McNeil (vice president); Jennifer Baird (director); Amanda Ebert (president); Ashley Braun (director); Theresa Croy (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northern Lights Regional Humane Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839017902RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.