Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 890180847RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-02-28. Split of total expenditures ($187,993) as filed with the CRA.
Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending February 28, 2024, it reported $279K in revenue and $188K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 44% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1. We rescue abandoned orphaned and injured animals & adopt out when healthy 2. We provide veterinarian assistance and care 3. We have all animals spayed/neutered inoculated and micro-chipped 4. We provide high school community service positions for students 5. We participate in the Pet Finder Network
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $279K | $188K | $184K | $1,466 | — | $829K |
| 2023 | $200K | $165K | $160K | $2,274 | — | $726K |
| 2022 | $206K | $146K | $141K | $1,906 | — | $724K |
| 2021 | $350K | $168K | $164K | $1,217 | — | $663K |
| 2020 | $281K | $178K | $170K | $5,466 | — | $481K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$70K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phyllis Healey (president); George Healey (vice president); Christy Whitehead (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890180847RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.