Pals Pet Access League Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 107811879RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($260,621) as filed with the CRA.
Pals Pet Access League Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $333K in revenue and $261K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $96K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $206K in 2020 to $333K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Pet visitation therapy programs (PVTP) where volunteers take their pre-screened pets into various facilities including hospitals long and short term care facilities nursing homes correctional facilities schools and universities women's shelters residential treatment programs homeless shelters and provide interaction with individuals whose response to other forms of therapy has been non-existant or to whom pet-therapy would provide an alternative to other more common forms of therapy. Our clients are 55% senior citizens 25% adults ad 20% children and teenagers. We also have StoryPALS …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $333K | $261K | — | — | — | $262K |
| 2023 | $300K | $231K | — | — | — | $190K |
| 2022 | $165K | $223K | — | — | — | $118K |
| 2021 | $239K | $200K | $164K | $25K | $0 | $176K |
| 2020 | $206K | — | — | — | — | $137K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $96K from 10 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$53K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$28K
- ATCO Electric Epic$6,476
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,514
- The Foundation for Seniors' CARE-Hearts of Excellence$2,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,148
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,138
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$910
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$200
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$141K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Holly Yaschuk (president); Wendy Witczak (vice president); Shona MacKenzie (treasurer); Lee Sudrich (secretary); Wanda Vockeroth (veterinary director); Lydija Dahl (director); Darcy Saworski (director); Ewelina Kozak (director); Barbara Jones (director); Carla Jackman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pals Pet Access League Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107811879RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.