Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Charitable organization · North Gower, Ontario · BN 827317744RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($438,367) as filed with the CRA.
Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a charitable organization based in North Gower, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $412K in revenue and $438K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations, 26% from government, 22% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
Our mission is to rehabilitate wild mammals and reptiles and return them to the wild. We also maintain a hotline and website to provide advice on co-existing with wildlife and preventing and solving human wildlife conflicts through humane cost-effective solutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $412K | $438K | $396K | $20K | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $342K | $432K | $388K | $24K | — | $393K |
| 2022 | $360K | $320K | $278K | $22K | — | $472K |
| 2021 | $757K | $378K | $342K | $17K | — | $432K |
| 2020 | $284K | $288K | $255K | $17K | — | $53K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $95K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$13K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$8,600
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,024
- The Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation$3,300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$304
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
- Ottawa Humane Society—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$314K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827317744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.