Avens - A Community for Seniors
Publicly funded institution · Yellowknife, Northwest Territories · BN 108225061RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($14,359,351) as filed with the CRA.
Avens - A Community for Seniors is a charitable organization based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $13.4M in revenue and $14.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 427 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 75 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
AVENS operates a senior campus with more than 100 employees including long-term care for 29 residents dementia care for 28 residents and independent living for seniors with 32 units of subsidized and unsubsidized housing. AVENS has approximately 50 part-time volunteers during various parts of the year. AVENS AGCO program was developed in 2020 with the addition of a greenhouse. Seniors living in elevated care and independently are encouraged to participate in growing food in the spring and summer encouraging community involvement and reducing social isolation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13.4M | $14.4M | $13.9M | $2,872 | $0 | $11.4M |
| 2023 | $10.9M | $11.8M | $11.6M | $4,420 | $0 | $11.1M |
| 2022 | $12.1M | $12.3M | $12.1M | $4,890 | $0 | $11.8M |
| 2021 | $11.2M | $11.4M | $7.8M | $3,741 | $0 | $12M |
| 2020 | $10.1M | $11.1M | $7.6M | $1,260 | $0 | $13.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $39K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions75
- Total compensation, all staff$9.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie DeLancey (chair); Marion LaVigne (vice chair); Ron Allen (vice chair); Lynda Koe (director); John Hazenberg (director); Colleen Wellborn (director); Daryl Dolynny (president & ceo); Kelly Hayden (director); Adam Vivian (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Avens - A Community for Seniors’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108225061RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.