The Association for the Protection of Fur-bearing Animals
Charitable organization · North Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 130006125RR0002 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($492,616) as filed with the CRA.
The Association for the Protection of Fur-bearing Animals is a charitable organization based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $654K in revenue and $493K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $104K.
Compared with 414 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $302K in 2021 to $654K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We develop and deliver training courses seminars workshops conferences and educational materials that promote humane coexistence with wildlife including beavers coyotes and black bears. We conduct and/or commission research into issues related to the welfare of animals and other ancillary subjects. We uphold the administration and enforcement of canadian animal welfare laws by monitoring the practices of commercial fur farms and other commercial operations that harvest fur-bearing animals to determine compliance with relevant laws. We uphold the administration and enforcement of cana…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $654K | $493K | $285K | $54K | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $1M | $534K | $330K | $73K | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $769K | $454K | $324K | $19K | — | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $302K | $300K | $140K | $40K | — | $1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $104K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Eden Conservation Trust$20K
- Vancouver Foundation$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,500
- The Calgary Foundation$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$642
- BenefAction Foundation$550
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$342
- Link Charity Canada Inc$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$51
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
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$318K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erin Ryan (president); Charly Jarrett (treasurer); Anne Carchesio (secretary); Elisabeth Ormandy (vice-president); Adrienne Maranduik (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Association for the Protection of Fur-bearing Animals’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130006125RR0002), or read how we compute the receipt.