Happy-Go-Lucky Seniors Club Inc
Publicly funded institution · Vermilion Bay, Ontario · BN 868748161RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($78,409) as filed with the CRA.
Happy-Go-Lucky Seniors Club Inc is a charitable organization based in Vermilion Bay, Ontario, 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 $77K in revenue and $78K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 162 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2023, the largest being $100 to Municipality of Machin. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provide services to local seniors: maintain facility for senior activities prepare and serve low-cost meals organize trips and outings assist seniors in computer training with hardware and select programs. Donate funds to other local charities that provide services to seniors. Operate the Vermilion Bay Seniors Active Living Centre under an agency agreement with the Province of Ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $77K | $78K | $75K | — | $0 | $36K |
| 2023 | $58K | $54K | — | — | $100 | $37K |
| 2022 | $33K | $32K | $29K | — | — | $33K |
| 2021 | $37K | $30K | — | — | — | $32K |
| 2020 | $83K | $71K | $71K | — | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
- Municipality of Machin$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mel Altenburg (1st vice president); Martin Hellsten (treasurer); Sandra Altenburg (secretary); Bill Londry (director); Garry Parkes (president); Joy Robinson (2nd vice president); Linda Huitikka (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Happy-Go-Lucky Seniors Club Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868748161RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.