Drive Happiness Seniors Association
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 862421310RR0001 · Relief of the Aged · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($804,672) as filed with the CRA.
Drive Happiness Seniors Association is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under relief of the aged. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $868K in revenue and $805K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 66 seniors' institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 11 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Assist seniors in the greater edmonton area (including strathcona sturgeon and parkland counties) and airdrie to remain independent in their own homes by providing door-to-door transportation to seniors who are unable to access other means of transportation to medical appointments. Covid delivery program where drivers deliver food hampers and/or groceries to those who have been affected the most by the pandemic driving rural access to vaccines
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $868K | $805K | $753K | $4,943 | — | $441K |
| 2023 | $606K | $688K | $631K | $7,716 | — | $377K |
| 2022 | $767K | $785K | $735K | $5,817 | — | $518K |
| 2021 | $573K | $560K | $509K | $176 | — | $420K |
| 2020 | $718K | $495K | $457K | $2,675 | — | $327K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions11
- Total compensation, all staff$510K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Lai (president); Yasmine Al-Hussein (vice president); Erin McCaskey (secretary); Joachim Chau (director); Avash Puri (director); Marina Barbu (treasurer); Christian Tokarski (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Drive Happiness Seniors Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862421310RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.