Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary
Charitable organization · Sunderland, Ontario · BN 840817910RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($310,652) as filed with the CRA.
Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary is a charitable organization based in Sunderland, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $406K in revenue and $311K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $89K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $240K in 2020 to $406K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Home for rescued primates (monkeys and lemurs).
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $406K | $311K | $293K | $5,989 | $0 | $979K |
| 2023 | $368K | $323K | $312K | $3,844 | — | $884K |
| 2022 | $226K | $279K | $262K | $6,374 | — | $839K |
| 2021 | $309K | $234K | $213K | $7,150 | — | $891K |
| 2020 | $240K | $202K | $202K | — | — | $816K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $89K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Canadahelps Canadon$27K
- Toronto Foundation$10K
- Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation$10K
- Niagara Action for Animals$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,452
- Vancouver Foundation$3,000
- Charity Intelligence Canada$1,300
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$619
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$225
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$126K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daina Liepa (executive director); Elizabeth Rioux (secretary); Raymond Gates (treasurer); Rachelle Hansen (board chair); Deborah Willoughby (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 840817910RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.