Operation Friendship Seniors Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119068989RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,307,030) as filed with the CRA.
Operation Friendship Seniors Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 $6.8M in revenue and $6.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $112K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 69 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Provide adequate housing food services recreation and entertainment to senior citzens considered 'hard to house' through the use of housing facilities thoughout edmonton's inner city.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $6.3M | $6.3M | — | — | $2M |
| 2023 | $7M | $6.9M | $6.9M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2022 | $6M | $5.9M | $5.6M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $5.3M | $5.3M | $5.1M | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $5.4M | $5.4M | $5.2M | $21K | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $112K from 10 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$83K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Southminster Steinhauer United Church$6,000
- ATCO Electric Epic$3,006
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,771
- Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue$1,723
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,123
- Fellowship Community Church of Edmonton$478
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$389
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$324
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions69
- Total compensation, all staff$3.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karen Maruszecka (president); Robert De Guzman (vice president); Edwin Chang (treasurer); Susan Walsh (secretary); Jonathan Rockliff (director); Gail Sopkow (executive director); Cathy Claughton (director); Glenna Rauch (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Operation Friendship Seniors Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119068989RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.