SPCA Finances – 2010-2011

The following financial records were obtained from the Revenue Canada site at:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/lstngs/menu-eng.html

Saskatchewan SPCA Income – 2011
Received from the provincial government
$356,580
Received from interest
$436
Made from fundraising
$399,400
Made from selling goods and services
(this may include the sale of animals including horses and livestock)
$60,326
Received in other donations (such as “creating” appeals through media for animals seized)
$212,400
Total Revenue:
$1,029,142

And what did they spend your money on?

Saskatchewan SPCA Expenses – 2011
Advertising/Promotion
$3,520
Travel and Vehicle expense account
$115,930
Office supplies
$96,815
Occupancy
$267,002
Professional consultants
$76,092
Wages
(this includes 1 head person paid $80,000 of your donation money, 4 persons paid $40,000 each of your donation money and 8 other persons being paid $124,866)
$329,755
Training staff
$3,157
Other expenses that may or may not have benefited animals directly may include the costs of fattening horses and cattle in feed lots to be sold for meat. May also include the costs of shipping animals to other charities where they may be put down.
Total Expenses:
$1,056,318

Interpretation of these values:
The SSPCA could not live within the budget the government gives them and NEEDS donations to continue to pay wages and vehicles.

It is very unclear how much money if any goes to benefit the animals directly. We see a large amount of money that benefits employees as well as a large cost involved in keeping those employees “in comfort.”

Ironically although the SSPCA acts like the police in "obtaining" warrants and "conducting investigations", they spend a pitiful amount of money on training.

No information can be found as to how many animals are actually taken from owners and how many successfully make it to "forever" homes or how many are killed or sold at auctions to end up in worse circumstance.

Saskatoon SPCA Income – 2010
Received from municipal (City of Saskatoon?)
$490,210
Received from Province
$11,116
Goods and Services
$268,142
Fundraising
$230,805
Interest from savings
$56,754
Donations
$655,935
Memberships
$4,052
Total Revenue:
$1,717,125

What did they spend your donations on?

Saskatoon SPCA Expenses – 2010
Advertising
$31,227
Travel
$24,198
Bank
$9,422
Licence/dues
$4,960
Office
$74,778
Occupancy
$86,296
Professional fees
$30,946
Training staff, volunteers
$40,907
Wages
$725,043
Donated goods used in programs
$152,893
Supplies and assets
$336,260
Amortization
$49,451
Veterinary Care
$69,596
Total Expenses:
$1,635,977

You should note that the Saskatoon SPCA has $1,022,944 in long-term investments yet continues to put as many as 75% of their animals down each year. Is this OK with you?