Parachutes for Pets
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 778351338RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,946,112) as filed with the CRA.
Parachutes for Pets is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.3M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 35% from other charities. In 2024, 22 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.7M.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $166K in 2020 to $2.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Pet Food Bank & Emergency Pet Hampers - We support low income individuals with pet food with our pet food bank and provide emergency hampers in emergencies such as fires floods homeless in inclimate weather domestic violence victims fleeing with the pet children being placed in foster care with pets. Approximately 80 volunteers work in this program throughout the year. This program takes about 35-40 hours per week. High season may require significantly more time such as cold/hot weather systems for our homeless population. Vet Care Assistance - We offer 1-2 low income vaccine and wellness…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.3M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $39K | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $1.6M | — | $768K | $5,692 | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $1M | $489K | $433K | $20K | — | $338K |
| 2021 | $345K | $255K | $220K | $9,698 | — | — |
| 2020 | $166K | $112K | $54K | $2,100 | — | $166K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.7M from 22 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$596K
- Canadahelps Canadon$360K
- Canadahelps Canadon$360K
- Calgary Homeless Foundation$150K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$75K
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$30K
- Olympia Charitable Foundation$25K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$25K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- Carthy Foundation$10K
- BenefAction Foundation$9,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$7,072
- Trico Charitable Foundation$4,650
- ATCO Electric Epic$3,504
- Calgary Flames Foundation$3,500
- United Way of Northwest Territories$2,500
- United Way of Calgary and Area$2,030
- Vancouver Foundation$1,500
- Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$493
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,99929 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$658K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jessie Wilkins (board chair); Sarah Rattray (treasurer); Michael Smith (director); Aly Wudrick (secretary); Lyndsey Sieracki (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Parachutes for Pets’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 778351338RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.