Wildlife Preservation Canada

5420 Highway 6 North
Guelph, ON N1H 6J2
Executive Director: Dr. Lance Woolaver
Board President: Shripal Doshi

Charitable Reg. #:89171 0535 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 4/5]

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Most recent Audited financial statements available on the charity’s website.

A

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

n/r

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

69%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 69 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Wildlife Preservation Canada:

Wildlife Preservation Canada is a 4-star charity with an above-average results reporting grade. It is financially transparent and has overhead costs within Ci's reasonable range.

Founded in 1985, Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) works to save species at risk from extinction in Canada. The charity specializes in direct and hands-on care for endangered species in cases where habitat protection alone is not enough. WPC’s programs use science-based techniques such as conservation breeding and release, species reintroduction, and translocation. WPC prioritizes species based on whether they are currently endangered, threatened, or have special concern status in Canada.

Wildlife Preservation Canada’s three largest programs are Reptiles and Amphibians, Pollinators, and Birds.

Reptiles and Amphibians – 51% of program spending: WPC focuses on protecting different species of frogs, snakes and turtles. In F2022, WPC helped produce and release more than 22,000 tadpoles to the Fraser Valley. It also improved snake habitat at six sites, covering an area of 6.7 hectares. This included clearing away garbage, removing invasive plants and creating brush piles where the snakes can shelter.

Pollinators – 24% of program spending: WPC runs projects to save bumble bees and Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies, two at-risk native pollinators. For its bumble bee monitoring program, WPC conducted 161 field surveys at 113 sites and recorded a total of 4,137 bumble bees from 16 species in Ontario in F2022.

Birds – 21% of program spending: The charity helps to protect eastern loggerhead shrikes, one of Canada’s most endangered songbirds. Since 2003, WPC has bred and released more than 1,300 shrikes into Ontario’s grasslands.

Other programs made up the remaining 4% of program costs. WPC funds a grant program called Canada’s New Noah. Through the program, one young biologist receives funding each year to study wildlife and gain experience in species recovery for six months in Mauritius. Each grant recipient also participates in a three-month course at the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in the UK.

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Results and Impact

In F2022, for the Reptiles and Amphibians program, WPC successfully overwintered 12 Massasauga rattlesnakes at Ojibway Prairie in 2021/22, where every snake survived in good health. Later in 2022, the charity hibernated 12 new Massasaugas with a 100% survival rate.

In F2022, the Pollinators program established 15 bumble bee colonies, producing 250 brown-belted queens and 3 yellow-banded queens. This represents a roughly 200% increase from 2021 for brown-belted bumble bees and the first year the charity successfully produced yellow-banded bumble bee queens since 2017.

For the Birds program, for the first time in five years, WPC counted more than 50 adult shrikes in the wild (32 in Napanee, 18 in Carden and one in Quebec) in F2022. Almost a third of those pairs included at least one parent released from its conservation breeding program.

While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of Wildlife Preservation Canada’s results and impact.

This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).

 

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Finances

In F2022, Wildlife Preservation Canada received $803k in donations. The charity also received $916k in government funding, representing 53% of revenues during the year. Administrative costs are 7% of revenues, and fundraising costs are 24% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 31%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 69 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

WPC has $1.1m in net funding reserves. The charity can cover eight months of its annual program costs with its reserves.

Charity Intelligence has sent this update to Wildlife Preservation Canada for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on June 30, 2023 by Krystie Nguyen.

 

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 7.2%8.5%10.0%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 24.1%22.9%25.2%
Total overhead spending 31.4%31.3%35.2%
Program cost coverage (%) 69.3%111.6%134.7%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202220212020
Donations 802,631731,941600,426
Government funding 916,460542,101547,117
Fees for service 103,44287,06153,871
Other income (86,312)(66,534)(109,976)
Total revenues 1,736,2211,294,5691,091,438
Program costs 1,490,6191,014,460837,380
Grants 98,45756,31618,898
Administrative costs 125,414109,341108,715
Fundraising costs 193,691167,290151,502
Total spending 1,908,1811,347,4071,116,495
Cash flow from operations (171,960)(52,838)(25,057)
Capital spending 6546709,251
Funding reserves 1,101,3321,195,4361,153,757

Note: Ci adjusted for deferred contributions and included the amount in Other income, affecting revenues by ($166k) in F2022, ($89k) in F2021, and ($125k) in F2020. Ci removed amortization from administrative costs.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 11

Avg. compensation: $55,530

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
1
$40k - $80k
8
< $40k
2

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021

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Charity Contact

Website: www.wildlifepreservation.ca
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