Good Companions 50 Plus Club
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 108083171RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($293,039) as filed with the CRA.
Good Companions 50 Plus Club is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. 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 $299K in revenue and $293K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,925.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 84% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Luncheons dinners crafts online programs: sing-along yoga senior fitness mindfulness & meditation in-person programs: bingo fitness floor curling line dancing
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $299K | $293K | $230K | $30K | — | $90K |
| 2023 | $275K | $312K | $257K | $21K | — | $83K |
| 2022 | $266K | $285K | $234K | $19K | — | $121K |
| 2021 | $218K | $196K | $166K | $2,454 | — | $140K |
| 2020 | $280K | $186K | $160K | $692 | — | $118K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,925 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$140K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mary Anderson (president); Jane Macdonald (secretary); Connie Grant (director); Connie Innes (director); Rena Villeneuve (treasurer); Tony Luliani (director); Robert Bhatty (director); David Baker (director); Gerry Bates (vice president); Linda Baker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Good Companions 50 Plus Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108083171RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.