The Fam Network
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 819127929RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($108,407) as filed with the CRA.
The Fam Network is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $99K in revenue and $108K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 430 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $66K in 2020 to $99K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The FAM Network facilitates the temporary fostering of animals owned by people who are fleeing domestic violence and suffering from mental illness. Our FAM Network program includes intaking of fostered animals ensuring the animals are assessed and treated as required by veterinarians before foster placement placing the animals in one of our volunteer foster homes and/or boarding facilities ensuring the animals are cared for during their foster stay (paying for veterinary bills food supplies etc) and the eventual exit of our program back to the animals' owners. We have a number of vo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99K | $108K | $64K | — | $0 | $30K |
| 2023 | $74K | $68K | $44K | — | $0 | $39K |
| 2022 | $120K | $121K | $66K | $0 | $40K | $33K |
| 2021 | $96K | $62K | $53K | — | $0 | $77K |
| 2020 | $66K | $48K | $44K | — | $0 | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$42K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dayna Desmarais (president); Jennifer Rose (director); Lea Button (director); Jeffrey Duffy (director); Leah Swanstrom (treasurer); Amy Jackson (director); Darlene Carew (director); Kathleen Canjar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Fam Network’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 819127929RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.