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CATNAP-(CATS NEEDING AID AND PROTECTION) SOCIETY

Charitable organizationAnimal welfare·6004 WALDBANK RD · NANAIMO, BC · V9V 1N3·BN 876769225RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-11-30

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Our charity responds to public calls for assistance with stray abandoned and feral cats and kittens. We arrange and pay for all veterinary care foster care process adoptions for adoptable cats/kittens and provide food/shelter/vet care for feral cat colonies and ensure that a caregiver is assigned to each colony. All cats are spayed or neutered to prevent future unwanted litters and potential abandonment. Where cats cannot be returned to their original trapping/colony location following spay or neuter we seek out relocation opportunities to approved barn acreage homes in collaboration wit Show more

Our charity responds to public calls for assistance with stray abandoned and feral cats and kittens. We arrange and pay for all veterinary care foster care process adoptions for adoptable cats/kittens and provide food/shelter/vet care for feral cat colonies and ensure that a caregiver is assigned to each colony. All cats are spayed or neutered to prevent future unwanted litters and potential abandonment. Where cats cannot be returned to their original trapping/colony location following spay or neuter we seek out relocation opportunities to approved barn acreage homes in collaboration with another local cat rescue who runs a barn relocation program and who ensures a caregiver at these homes provide food water shelter and medical care as may be warranted.

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)

96¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 96¢ 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)

4%

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)

0.3 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)

$343K

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

10%

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)

10%

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
2019-11-30$130K99¢1%0.4 yr
2020-11-30$160K99¢1%0.6 yr
2021-11-30$215K96¢4%0.4 yr
2022-11-30$219K96¢4%0.3 yr
2023-11-30$276K98¢2%0.2 yr
2024-11-30$343K96¢4%0.3 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)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length

  • Brzoza, CathyExecutive Directorarm's length
  • Hirst, ChrystalRescue and Trapping Directorarm's length
  • Aeberhardt, BrittneeFoster Directorarm's length
  • Flynn, KelseySecretaryarm's length
  • McLennan, TineAdoption Directorarm's length
  • Obradovich, ShannonTreasurerarm'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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