Shades of Hope Wildlife Refuge
Charitable organization · Pefferlaw, Ontario · BN 835493131RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,129,963) as filed with the CRA.
Shades of Hope Wildlife Refuge is a charitable organization based in Pefferlaw, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 36% from donations, 13% from government, 48% from other charities. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $973K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 44% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 6 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $822K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provided medical and rehabilitative care to injured sick and orphaned wildlife
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $932K | $110K | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $1M | $928K | $875K | $17K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $921K | $772K | $747K | $11K | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $991K | $559K | $531K | $14K | — | $873K |
| 2020 | $822K | $565K | $543K | $13K | $2,000 | $481K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $973K from 16 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$446K
- Canadahelps Canadon$446K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$26K
- Erika Heller Foundation$15K
- Walker Wood Foundation$10K
- National Wildlife Rehabilitation Foundation$9,704
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$6,250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,972
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,498
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,246
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,467
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$368
- Angus Glen Foundation$125
- Endangered Species Fund of Canada$36
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions6
- Total compensation, all staff$561K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gail Lenters (president/chair); Sal Setchel (director); Lawrence Woodley (director); Kathie Braid (director); Virginia Marshall (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shades of Hope Wildlife Refuge’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835493131RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.