Saint John Shelter Ltd.
Charitable organization · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 118787233RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,003,436) as filed with the CRA.
Saint John Shelter Ltd. is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $910K in revenue and $1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 95% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $910K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The saint john spca animal rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing rescue temporary housing love and care to the stray neglected and unwanted animals in our community. We promote responsible pet ownership through public education and enforcement of legislation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $910K | $1M | $615K | $203K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $915K | $533K | $181K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $789K | $847K | $530K | $180K | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $948K | $603K | $221K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $925K | $682K | $208K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $67K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$15K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$9,235
- Fundy Community Foundation$6,590
- Canada Donates Inc.$5,497
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,162
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,891
- The Kindness Club Foundation Inc.$2,500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,069
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$824
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.\centraide de la Region du Grand Moncton et du Sud Est du Nouveau-New Brunswick Inc.$70
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$526K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
Dave Enman (director); Sara Parsons (president); Andrea Davies (vice-president); Victoria Scott (secretary); Kate Tadic (treasurer); Stephanie Buchanan (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint John Shelter Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118787233RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.