Wra Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 131373490RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,580,567) as filed with the CRA.
Wra Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations, 6% from government. In 2024, 23 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $257K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 6% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 79% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $611K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Rescue treatment and rehabilitation of injured orphaned or pollution-damaged wildlife; public education including school and community groups; advice and guidance to the public on wildlife issues in person and through the wildlife helpline.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.6M | $1.4M | $531K | — | $484K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $2.7M | $1.6M | $428K | — | $335K |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2M | $1.2M | $427K | $5,000 | $953K |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $801K | $355K | — | $623K |
| 2020 | $611K | $810K | $510K | $186K | — | $304K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $257K from 23 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$67K
- Vancouver Foundation$49K
- Eden Conservation Trust$30K
- Ewald Family Foundation$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- Vancity Community Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$6,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,851
- Aqueduct Foundation$4,400
- The Victoria Foundation$2,917
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$2,177
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,723
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,112
- Conam Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Burke Mountain Naturalists (b.m.n.) Society$1,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$811
- Vancity Community Foundation$500
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$314
- ZLC Foundation$250
- Vancity Community Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jodi Westbury (chair); Boyle Glenn (past chair/director at large); Anson Wong (vice chair); Ken Cen (treasurer); Corinne Atwood (director at large); Aaron Hilgerdenaar (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wra Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131373490RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.