Nova Scotia · Registered charity
SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS
SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$64,801 to it, the largest being CANFEL FOUNDATION (C$35,007). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 441 animal welfare nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 animal welfare nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Eric S. Margolisshared fundersportfolio match
- Petsmart Charities of Canada - Charités Petsmart du Canadashared fundersportfolio match
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsshared fundersportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 21% · 2019 12% · 2020 8% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (76% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose C$1k → C$8k.
From the CRA filings of SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 75% · 2019 81% · 2020 68% · 2021 56% · 2022 61% · 2023 51% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The Eric S. Margolis Family Foundation/La Fondation Familiale Eric S. Margolisshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 17 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Petsmart Charities of Canada - Charités Petsmart du Canadashared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 28 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 5 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals / Société de Protection Des Animaux de L'Ontarioshared fundersportfolio matchON · backs 11 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Animal Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchBC · backs 3 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Four Feet Companion Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 4 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Bethany Bargain Bin SocietylocalNS · funds 3 organizations near you
- Animal Aid Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Digby Neck Second United Baptist ChurchlocalNS · funds 3 organizations near you
- The Kathleen-Mary and Walter Barron Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Paws for Hope Animal Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Calgary Spay Neuter Assistance Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 12% of FY2021 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS?
- SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$64,801 to it, the largest being CANFEL FOUNDATION (C$35,007). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$64,801 in grants to SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS?
- CANFEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$35,007 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR THE FRIENDS OF FERALS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register