Charity BreakdownCanadian charity filings, itemized

The Hamilton/burlington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 119236750RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website

Your $100, itemizedThe Hamilton/burlington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsFiscal year ended March 31, 2024
Charitable programs$69
Management & admin$17
Fundraising$14
TOTAL$100
Registered

Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,988,420) as filed with the CRA.

The Hamilton/burlington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.1M in revenue and $6M in expenditures.

Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations, 11% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $553K.

Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 91% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.

Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.2M in 2020 to $7.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.

In its own words

Care for homeless and neglected pet companions in our clinic kennels and foster homes. Pathways to spay neuter; . Low cost spay/neuter for community/street cats . Low cost spay/neuter for family-owned pets including subsidized (co-pay) spay neuters . Free spay/neuters for pets belonging to most vulnerable citizens. Affordable same day care for cats who otherwise would be admitted to shelter. Affordable microchip and rabies vaccine clinics for family-owned pets. Dog obedience courses. Pet visiting to children seniors and families at risk. High school and college co-op students…

Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.

The ledger, 2020–2024

YearRevenueSpendingProgramsFundraisingGifts outNet assets
2024$7.1M$6M$4.1M$827K—$13.4M
2023$5.8M$3.7M$2.1M$735K—$12.2M
2022$3.9M$2.7M$1.4M$603K—$10.1M
2021$3.5M$2.2M$1.2M$447K—$9M
2020$3.2M$2.6M$1.6M$559K—$7.7M

Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.

Money between charities, 2024

Received $553K from 26 charities:

As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.

What it pays

Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:

  • $160,000–199,9991 position
  • $120,000–159,9991 position
  • $80,000–119,9997 positions
  • $40,000–79,9991 position
  • Permanent full-time positions36
  • Total compensation, all staff$2.5M

Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.

Directors & trustees (2024)

Khizer Anwar (director); Deborah Brown (director); Stephanie Brown (director); Kim Ciavarella (board chair); Dino DI Marcantonio (director); Todd Hepburn (director); Megan Jones (director); Shannon McLean (director); Trish Nelson (director); Carrie Trembinski (vice chair); Emily Vis (secretary); Ryan Woodcroft (treasurer).

As listed on its 2024 return.

Check the source

Every figure on this page is from The Hamilton/burlington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119236750RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.