Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary Ltd.
Charitable organization · Cochrane, Alberta · BN 829169689RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($1,906,227) as filed with the CRA.
Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary Ltd. is a charitable organization based in Cochrane, Alberta, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $1.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $178K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1. Educational programs regarding wolves and wolfdogs in order to foster a greater understanding of importance of preserving wild wolves in the natural environment. 2. Providing rescue and safe sanctuary to wolfdogs that have been neglected abandoned or otherwise displaced.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $1.9M | $1.5M | $7,959 | — | $4.6M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $954 | — | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $2M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $3,650 | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.3M | $1M | $6,339 | — | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $936K | $711K | $1,000 | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $178K from 16 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$60K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$12K
- BenefAction Foundation$7,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$4,790
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,200
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- The Arthur H. and Margaret E. Baker Foundation$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$484
- The Western Communities Foundation$300
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$50
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$778K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Georgina Decaigny (president); Kendra Watt (secretary); Cody Shepherd (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary Ltd.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829169689RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.