Newfoundland and Labrador · Registered charity
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) (Newfoundland and Labrador) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,557,339 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$526,362). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$2.3M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- C$1.6M
- Net assets
- C$4.5M
What The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Newfoundland and Labrador) does
Ongoing programs
The spca nl is an animal welfare organization that provides leadership education and consistent voice on matters that promote and improve the welfare of animals. We care for shelter animals in need prevent cruelty and encourage responsible pet ownership. To address the overwhelming pet overpopulation problem we advocate for owners to spay and neuter their pets and also offer a low cost spay and neuter assistance program.
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from C$2.3M to C$4.0M (+74%).
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: 2017 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 3% · 2023 33% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (50% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 16 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose C$63k → C$288k.
From the CRA filings of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 funders by total. 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
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 70% · 2019 46% · 2020 47% · 2021 28% · 2022 32% · 2023 29% — 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.
How long its funders stay
46% of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Newfoundland and Labrador, across 7 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$159k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 121 animal welfare nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 121 animal welfare nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government revenue THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 3% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)
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 Newfoundland and Labrador
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)?
- THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) (Newfoundland and Labrador) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,557,339 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$526,362). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 39 organizations giving C$1,557,339 in grants to THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR), 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR)?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$526,362 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Newfoundland and Labrador.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register