Whispering Hearts Horse Rescue Centre
Publicly funded institution · Hagersville, Ontario · BN 832175582RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($948,179) as filed with the CRA.
Whispering Hearts Horse Rescue Centre is a charitable organization based in Hagersville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $948K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 78% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $183K.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $372K in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Rescue rehabilitation and rehome horses and other animals in need. Promoting welfare of animals (specifically equine) for the benefit of the public by rescuing stray abandoned and or surrendered animals. Horse adoption program to assist in rehoming. To increase public awareness of the abuse of animals specifically equine and to educate the public on responsible management and husbandry of horses. To operate an equine welfare organization to ensure quality care and treatment of horses through intervention education and outreach. To develop a partnership with enforcement agen…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $948K | $736K | $32K | $0 | $585K |
| 2023 | $642K | $855K | $502K | $144K | $0 | $447K |
| 2022 | $844K | $635K | $635K | $0 | $0 | $660K |
| 2021 | $743K | $431K | $431K | — | — | $452K |
| 2020 | $372K | $265K | $265K | $0 | $0 | $140K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $183K from 11 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- Canadahelps Canadon$82K
- The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation$10K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$3,000
- Canada Gives$2,500
- The Philip Smith Foundation$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$908
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$443
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$30
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$29
- 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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$348K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brenda Thompson (director); Lisa Alton (director); Shirley Cohen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Whispering Hearts Horse Rescue Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832175582RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.