Save Animals Through Rescue and Adoption (s.a.r.a.)
Charitable organization · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 871440269RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($46,073) as filed with the CRA.
Save Animals Through Rescue and Adoption (s.a.r.a.) is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $55K in revenue and $46K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 23% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 430 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 filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Sara society rescues distressed animals provides them with medical treatement as needed and adopts them to good permanent homes whenever possible.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $55K | $46K | $43K | — | — | $30K |
| 2023 | $58K | $45K | $44K | — | — | $21K |
| 2022 | $62K | $81K | $80K | — | — | $8,388 |
| 2021 | $50K | $37K | $32K | — | — | $28K |
| 2020 | $41K | $33K | $1,679 | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $14K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christiane Perschke-Thoma (secretary); Mala Brown (treasurer); Donna Petryna (executive director); Elaine Paisley (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Save Animals Through Rescue and Adoption (s.a.r.a.)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871440269RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.