Pets/friends for Life
Charitable organization · London, Ontario · BN 885903609RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($144,321) as filed with the CRA.
Pets/friends for Life is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $54K in revenue and $144K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $717.
Compared with 430 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $21K to Salt Rescue Organization. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $194K in 2020 to $54K in 2024.
In its own words
Animal shelter; cat adoption and aid centre
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54K | $144K | — | $0 | $52K | $4,506 |
| 2023 | $436K | $336K | $0 | $0 | $0 | $105K |
| 2022 | $154K | $159K | $600 | — | $0 | $317K |
| 2021 | $283K | $245K | $245K | — | — | $138K |
| 2020 | $194K | $216K | $216K | — | — | $98K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $52K to 7 qualified donees:
- Salt Rescue Organization$21K
- Country Charm Animal Rescue$17K
- Rags To Riches Cat Rescue$11K
- New Hope Animal Rescue$1,500
- Another Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation$1,000
- Heavenly Hills$1,000
- Charity Cat$400
Received $717 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$7,812
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pets/friends for Life’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885903609RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.