Paws for Hope Animal Foundation
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 846898088RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($748,906) as filed with the CRA.
Paws for Hope Animal Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $751K in revenue and $749K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from donations, 10% from government, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 28 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $298K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $3,000 to Fraser Valley Humane Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $349K in 2020 to $751K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Ongoing programs: paws for hope animal foundation (the 'foundation') is dedicated towards responding to the immediate and urgent needs of animals in crisis and functions to significantly improve the overall welfare of animals through education programs awareness campaigns and community support. -'guardian angel' program - provides thousands of dollars in emergency and organizational development funding to pre-qualified volunteer-run animal rescue organizations in b.c. Each year. -provides funding support to homeless and low income earning pet guardians for critical veterinary care of the…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $751K | $749K | $527K | $108K | $14K | $53K |
| 2023 | $636K | $604K | $445K | $82K | $7,450 | $68K |
| 2022 | $589K | $704K | $338K | $105K | $16K | $20K |
| 2021 | $735K | $641K | $373K | $70K | $13K | $135K |
| 2020 | $349K | $378K | $324K | $23K | $8,801 | $40K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 12 qualified donees:
- Fraser Valley Humane Society$3,000
- Warren Peace Bunny Sanctuary$1,000
- Bully Buddies Rescue Society$1,000
- Canadian Animal Rescue & Extended Shelter Society$1,000
- A Voice4paws Canine Rescue Society$1,000
- Increased Animal CARE and Community Empowered Safety Society$1,000
- Dee's Orphan Kitten Fund$1,000
- Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven Society$1,000
- Lower Mainland Humane Society$1,000
- Whistler Animals Galore Society$1,000
- Langley Animal Protection Society$1,000
- Rabbitats Rescue Society$750
Received $298K from 28 charities:
- United Way British Columbia$100K
- R. Howard Webster Foundation$35K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$32K
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Vancouver Foundation$14K
- The Coquitlam Foundation$10K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$10K
- The River Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- Randall Foundation$7,000
- Tangye Foundation$6,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$3,463
- The Peter Young Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,295
- The Hamber Foundation$2,000
- Mathisen Family Private Foundation$1,700
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,651
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Abbotsford Community Foundation$1,000
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$1,000
- The Calgary Foundation$836
- The Rasmussen Foundation Limited$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$405
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
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$214K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katelynn Denny (vice president); Ann-Marie Fleming (director); Kim Hawkins (secretary); Shawn Llewellyn (president); Mark Sippola (director); Karen Sloat (director); Jessica Vaianisi (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Paws for Hope Animal Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846898088RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.