The Peterborough Humane Society
Charitable organization · Peterborough, Ontario · BN 119251056RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,052,927) as filed with the CRA.
The Peterborough Humane Society is a charitable organization based in Peterborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.7M in revenue and $4.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 15% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $297K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 29 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The charity facilitates and provides for the prevention of cruelty to animals and their protection. It provides shelter for stray injured and abandoned animals investigates reports of cruelty to animals public endangerment by animals and provides animal pound services for the city of peterborough.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.7M | $4.1M | $3.5M | $278K | — | $8.3M |
| 2023 | $4.8M | $3.3M | $2.9M | $154K | — | $8.7M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $130K | — | $7.2M |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $1.2M | $1.1M | $17K | — | $6.4M |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $1M | $873K | $15K | — | $3.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $297K from 13 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Comart Foundation$40K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$8,187
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$4,322
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,138
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,341
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$726
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$531
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$486
- United Way of Greater Toronto$367
- Troop Impact Foundation—
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions29
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nicole Truman (president); Mark Elliott (director); Chris White (director); Scott Robertson (secretary); Jennifer Wilkins (treasurer); Dena Heming (director); Henry Clarke (director); Heather Doughty (director); Drew Van Prays (director); Gary Doughty (director); Jim Fieler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Peterborough Humane Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119251056RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.