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CALGARY HUMANE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Charitable organizationAnimal welfare·4455 110 AVE SE · CALGARY, AB · T2C 2T7·BN 118823632RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

The mission of the Society is to Protect Animals. Support People. Create A More Humane World. The Society offers services to the Calgary and surrounding areas in the sheltering and care of animals adoptions protection and investigation and improving the welfare of animals through education and outreach programs. Existing and ongoing programs include Animal Care and Comfort programs Animal Health program Animal Behaviour and Training programs Animal Adoptions Animal Protection and Investigation of cruelty and neglect Volunteer and Fostering programs and Humane Education and Outreach pro Show more

The mission of the Society is to Protect Animals. Support People. Create A More Humane World. The Society offers services to the Calgary and surrounding areas in the sheltering and care of animals adoptions protection and investigation and improving the welfare of animals through education and outreach programs. Existing and ongoing programs include Animal Care and Comfort programs Animal Health program Animal Behaviour and Training programs Animal Adoptions Animal Protection and Investigation of cruelty and neglect Volunteer and Fostering programs and Humane Education and Outreach programs. Calgary Humane Society continued offering our Continued Companionship Programs which are programs designed to assist families facing the difficult decision of relinquishing their pet in order to keep people and animals together. Over the course of 2024 966 families used these programs and includes our Emergency Boarding Pet Safekeeping Pet Food Bank Rosco's Keep Them Home Spay/Neuter Clinics Wellness Clinics and Seniors Program.

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

65¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 65¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

23%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

2.1 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$10.8M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

53%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

1%

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20192024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2019-12-31$9.9M62¢29%4.1 yr
2020-12-31$6.7M52¢36%6.7 yr
2021-12-31$7.9M60¢28%3.5 yr
2022-12-31$6.2M63¢25%2.2 yr
2023-12-31$14.1M63¢24%2.2 yr
2024-12-31$10.8M65¢23%2.1 yr
trend

From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

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Overall rating

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

★★★★★

Charity Intelligence's 0–5 star overall rating.

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Results reporting

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

A

How well the charity reports its own results (A+ to F).

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Demonstrated impact

★ T2 · Charity Intelligence

Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.

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Board of directors

17 directors reported · 17 of 17at arm's length

  • Kindree, LisaDirectorarm's length
  • Crowley, MaggieVice Chairarm's length
  • Wilson, AndrewChairarm's length
  • Steiner, YvetteTreasurerarm's length
  • MacQuarrie, HeatherDirectorarm's length
  • Jamieson, CorinneDirectorarm's length
  • Harris, ElyceSecretaryarm's length
  • Cressman, ScottDirectorarm's length
  • Fritz, CarrieExecutive Directorarm's length
  • Lee, KeriDirectorarm's length
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  • Cunnington, DaveDirectorarm's length
  • Chynoweth, IainDirectorarm's length
  • Johnson, NicholasVice Chairarm's length
  • Nagel, PatricDirectorarm's length
  • Litoski, MelanieDirectorarm's length
  • Gingrich, SarahDirectorarm's length
  • Westersund, LannyDirectorarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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