Upper Credit Humane Society
Charitable organization · Erin, Ontario · BN 893738872RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Upper Credit Humane Society is a charitable organization based in Erin, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $483K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $103K.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operate an animal shelter: house feed socialize provide veterinary care adopt animas to their forever homes. Includes cats dogs rabbits birds rodents. Educate the public on sound animal care principles - advertise and display at shelter and local venues. Opeate a thrift shop whose' proceeds fun the shelter operations. Organize and host animal wellfare clinics (microchip and rabbies shot clinics) for the public at accessible pricing. Work with provincial animal control agency 'paws' to house confiscated pets from hoarding situations to rehabilitate ensure complete health care and boar…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $483K | — | $481K | $40K | — | $282K |
| 2023 | $443K | $499K | $418K | $38K | — | $277K |
| 2022 | $381K | $485K | $428K | $6,472 | — | $338K |
| 2021 | $405K | $421K | $268K | $43K | — | $442K |
| 2020 | $492K | $387K | $251K | $3,091 | $0 | $458K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $103K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- BenefAction Foundation$11K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,764
- The Alix and Robert Jickling Foundation$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,707
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$969
- United Way Waterloo Region Communities$590
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$263K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gemma Carson-Ali (director of hr); Lisa Pietras (past president); Diana Simaitis (director of thrift shop); Susan Thomsen (president); Melissa Therrien (treasurer); Debi D’Alessandro (fundraising & events coordinat); Mary Hunter (volunteer coordinator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Upper Credit Humane Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893738872RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.