Sarnia & District Humane Society
Charitable organization · Sarnia, Ontario · BN 130378839RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,711,872) as filed with the CRA.
Sarnia & District Humane Society is a charitable organization based in Sarnia, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 62% from donations, 16% from government. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $281K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (9 positions in that band). The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Operation of an animal pound with quarantine facility. Education programs for the care of animals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $683K | $137K | — | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $608K | $123K | — | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.6M | $1.1M | $166K | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $1.3M | $953K | $57K | $1,000 | $2.5M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.2M | $850K | $30K | $225 | $1.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $281K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$102K
- Canadahelps Canadon$102K
- Suncor Energy Foundation/fondation Suncor Energie$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- The Newall Family Foundation$13K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$8,300
- Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes$3,004
- United Way of Sarnia-Lambton$2,750
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,825
- Petsmart Charities of Canada$1,000
- Famous 5 Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$749
- United Way of Greater Toronto$404
- London Community Foundation$250
- Rapids Family Health Team$100
- North Lambton Lodge Auxiliary$50
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Cheryl Edwards (vice chair); George Vandenburg (board member); Sara Macdonald (secretary); Les Macdermott (treasurer); Bob Farlow (chair); Georgette Parsons (board member); Justin Day (board member); Kristy Savoie (board member); Diane Caravan (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sarnia & District Humane Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130378839RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.