Zoocheck Canada Incorporated
Charitable organization · Gravenhurst, Ontario · BN 131502072RR0001 · Animal Welfare · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($329,065) as filed with the CRA.
Zoocheck Canada Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Gravenhurst, Ontario, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.2M in revenue and $329K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $56K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,500 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Wolf Awareness Inc. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $169K in 2020 to $4.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Education programs including information distribution website reports and other publications regarding animal welfare and developing respect and tolerance for wild animals and creating awareness about the public health and safety issues that are associated with keeping captive wildlife. Research regarding wild animals in captivity and in the wild and support of animal protection programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.2M | $329K | $283K | $11K | — | $4.5M |
| 2023 | $292K | $208K | $184K | $2,045 | $1,000 | $643K |
| 2022 | $160K | $215K | $196K | $1,738 | — | $559K |
| 2021 | $230K | $202K | $182K | $2,511 | — | $614K |
| 2020 | $169K | $153K | $135K | $1,994 | — | $586K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,500 to 1 qualified donee:
- Wolf Awareness Inc$2,500
Received $56K from 10 charities:
- The Calgary Foundation$18K
- Canadahelps Canadon$17K
- Niagara Action for Animals$10K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,360
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$990
- BenefAction Foundation$300
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$200
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$131
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$196K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Laidlaw (executive director); Holly Penfound (secretary); Barry Mackay (vice-chair); Nadja Lubiw-Hazard (chair); Florine Morrison (director); Lesli Bisgould (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Zoocheck Canada Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131502072RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.