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Registered — Burnaby, BC — Charitable Organization
Scores: Legitimacy 100/100 · Effectiveness 75/100
Financials: Revenue $3,186,752 · Expenditures $3,964,327
Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS) breeds, raises, and trains certified service and accessibility dogs in British Columbia, supporting Canadians with disabilities, hospitals, and victim-services programs. Registered for 39 years and operating from Burnaby with an 8-member board and zero turnover, the Society runs at a $3.19M scale with healthy 11.2-month reserves; 2025 ran a deficit ($3.96M out vs $3.19M in) reflecting the cost-intensive nature of professional service-dog training.
Our Verdict: An A-graded long-tenured BC service-dog charity with strong governance and a meaningful reserve cushion; donors should know 2025 spent more than it raised as the Society draws on reserves to maintain training output during a costly multi-year breeding-and-training cycle.