Pacific Assistance Dogs Society
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B-
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.
79%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 79 cents are available for programs.
My anchor
OVERVIEW
About Pacific Assistance Dogs Society:
Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) is a 4-star, financially transparent charity. Its results reporting score is B-, which is below average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range. Its reserve funds can cover two years of annual program costs.
Founded in 1987, Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) breeds, raises, and trains service dogs to help individuals with disabilities. It has locations in Burnaby and Enderby, BC, and Calgary, Alberta.
Its service dogs help individuals with mobility, hearing issues, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The charity notes that 9.2% of Canadians live with PTSD. Symptoms are often invisible. Service dogs can respond to human emotions and mitigate the effects of PTSD. Other service dogs can alert owners to sounds or perform daily physical tasks.
Its facility dogs work with teachers, the RCMP and psychologists to support communities.
Since its PTSD program started in 2018, PADS has raised 22 PTSD dogs. In F2023, it delivered 288 presentations.
My anchor
Results and Impact
The charity reports that the first Justice Facility Dog in Canada, Caber, was a PADS dog. Caber accompanied 2,123 victims of crime and trauma to court and provided emotional support. Although Caber passed away in 2023, he paved the way for over 80 Justice Facility Dogs now serving in Canada.
While Ci highlights these key results, they may not be a complete representation of PADS’ results and impact.
This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
My anchor
Finances
In F2023, Pacific Assistance Dogs Society received $2.4m in donations and special events revenue. Administrative costs were 12% of revenues, less investment income. Fundraising costs were 9% of donations. Total overhead spending was 21%. For every dollar donated, 79 cents are available to go to the cause. This is within Ci’s reasonable range for spending.
PADS had $4.0m in funding reserves in F2023. These can cover approximately two years of annual program costs.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to Pacific Assistance Dogs Society. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on June 20, 2024 by Stellar Zhang.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending February
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 12.4% | 12.1% | 9.4% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 8.9% | 9.2% | 8.7% |
| Total overhead spending | 21.3% | 21.3% | 18.1% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 198.6% | 197.2% | 179.4% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 2,075,886 | 2,096,039 | 1,896,688 |
| Goods in kind | 80,837 | 79,880 | 113,866 |
| Government funding | 359,370 | 385,529 | 461,136 |
| Fees for service | 94,370 | 146,031 | 116,415 |
| Special events | 275,016 | 256,042 | 343,003 |
| Investment income | 594,084 | 611,233 | 239,536 |
| Other income | 556,643 | 26,643 | 26,643 |
| Total revenues | 4,036,206 | 3,601,397 | 3,197,287 |
| Program costs | 1,993,485 | 1,725,527 | 1,483,123 |
| Donated goods exp | 80,837 | 79,880 | 113,866 |
| Administrative costs | 425,188 | 361,802 | 278,607 |
| Fundraising costs | 210,162 | 217,143 | 195,126 |
| Total spending | 2,709,672 | 2,384,352 | 2,070,722 |
| Cash flow from operations | 1,326,534 | 1,217,045 | 1,126,565 |
| Capital spending | 102,824 | 69,751 | 71,895 |
| Funding reserves | 3,959,150 | 3,403,505 | 2,661,213 |
Note: Ci adjusted for COVID funding recorded as a deduction in expenses, revenues by $nil in F2023, $99k in F2022, and $71k in F2021. Ci included proceeds on sale of marketable securities in revenues, increasing it by $655k in F2023, $406k in F2022, and $76k in F2021. Ci adjusted for deferred capital contributions within other revenue and subtracted amortization of these capital contributions. To report on a cash basis, Ci removed amortization on a pro-rata basis from administrative and fundraising expenses.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
0 |
$80k - $120k |
4 |
$40k - $80k |
6 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
My anchor
Comments & Contact
Comments added by the Charity:
Charity Contact
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 604-527-0556