Regional Animal Protection Society
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 890733777RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,639,855) as filed with the CRA.
Regional Animal Protection Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.9M in revenue and $7.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $505K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 77 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The society provides wholly or partial subsidized veterinary care as well as food and shelter for all bc residents including other animal rescue organizations marginalized and low income communities and adandoned surrendered and homeless animals throughout bc. 1) we operate canada's largest cat sanctuary in richmond for feral stray and abandoned animals. 2) we operate a foster care program for abanadoned surrendered and stray dogs. 3) we provide free spay/neuter clinics for homeless and low income peoples and for other animal rescue organizations and for animals in our ca…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.9M | $7.6M | $6M | $90K | — | -$94K |
| 2023 | $6.2M | $6.1M | $5.8M | $78K | — | -$317K |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $5.4M | $4.5M | $30K | — | -$370K |
| 2021 | $5M | $5.4M | $5M | $20K | — | -$240K |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.2M | $4.9M | $2,432 | — | $110K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $505K from 20 charities:
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$250K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadahelps Canadon$59K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$24K
- Vancouver Foundation$20K
- DR. Ann Worth Charitable Foundation$20K
- Eden Conservation Trust$20K
- Vancity Community Foundation$16K
- BenefAction Foundation$14K
- Aqueduct Foundation$11K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,005
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$2,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$2,000
- Larkspur Foundation$1,500
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$820
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$328
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$310
- The Hanson Foundation$255
- Trinity-Grace United Church$255
- GivingForce Foundation Canada$102
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99919 positions
- $1–39,99954 positions
- Permanent full-time positions77
- Total compensation, all staff$3.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fearn Rochelle Edmonds (vice president); Catherine Ellsmere (president); Margaret Leathley (secretary); Ayelet Cohen Weil (member at large); Rebeka Breder (member at large); Joseph S Dasilva (member at large); Ariel Lioznyansky (operational manager); Daniel Stewart Lay (member at large); Jeff Klos (member at large); Audrey Chan (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Regional Animal Protection Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890733777RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.