Gentle Ben CARE Society
Publicly funded institution · Smith, Alberta · BN 134398817RR0001 · Relief of the Aged · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($34,300) as filed with the CRA.
Gentle Ben CARE Society is a charitable organization based in Smith, 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 $23K in revenue and $34K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 72% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $220.
Compared with 26 seniors' institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 28% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $99K in 2020 to $23K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Gentle ben care society provides supports to seniors and the temporary and permanently infirm and disabled in this area with services such as light housekeeping handyman and transportation.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23K | $34K | $24K | — | — | $2,500 |
| 2023 | $34K | $30K | $18K | — | — | $1,600 |
| 2022 | $64K | $77K | — | — | — | $1,800 |
| 2021 | — | $69K | — | — | — | $1,800 |
| 2020 | $99K | $72K | — | — | $200 | $1,800 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $220 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$23K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
June Conrad (president); Lois Stedel (vice president); Sharon Malone (secretary); Ruth Reay (treasurer); Susan Auch (director); Pat Jolliffe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gentle Ben CARE Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134398817RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.