Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 860234467RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,402,895) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $330K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Vancouver orphan kitten rescue association (vokra) rescues more than 1 100 homeless or abandoned cats and kittens each year and finds them loving forever homes cares for pregnant and nursing cats and orphaned kittens from birth onward.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $9,842 | — | $345K |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | $15K | — | $551K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | $13K | — | $573K |
| 2021 | $990K | $868K | $823K | $5,377 | — | $677K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $825K | $793K | $3,674 | — | $554K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $330K from 18 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$69K
- Canadahelps Canadon$69K
- Aqueduct Foundation$50K
- BenefAction Foundation$50K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$26K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$23K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$13K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$6,585
- The Victoria Foundation$5,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$3,705
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,477
- GivingForce Foundation Canada$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$750
- Vancouver Foundation$500
- United Way British Columbia$234
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$232
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$181K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Duncan (director); Maria Soroski (director); Michael Sheldrake (director); Dania Sheldon (chair); Sherry Work (director); Peggy Sulivan (director); Jazmin Peach (director); Daniel Chernov (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860234467RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.