Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism Charitable Trust Inc.
Publicly funded institution · Regina, Saskatchewan · BN 897431169RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($781,888) as filed with the CRA.
Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism Charitable Trust Inc. is a charitable organization based in Regina, Saskatchewan, 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 $810K in revenue and $782K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,890 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $153K in 2024, the largest being $45K to Saskatoon Council on Aging Inc. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Facilitate programming and services related to senior's issues in saskatchewan
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $810K | $782K | $417K | — | $269K | $462K |
| 2023 | $728K | $705K | $320K | — | $78K | $433K |
| 2022 | $510K | $497K | $198K | — | $60K | $411K |
| 2021 | $472K | $449K | $204K | — | $63K | $398K |
| 2020 | $798K | $777K | $520K | — | $91K | $375K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $153K to 10 qualified donees:
- Saskatoon Council on Aging Inc$45K
- Saskatoon Services for Seniors Inc.$23K
- Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association Inc$20K
- Federation des Aines Frans$13K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$13K
- Zion United Church$10K
- Heritage Community Association Inc.$10K
- Weyburn Wheatland Senior Centre Inc$10K
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic$8,000
- Moose Jaw and District Senior Citizens Association Inc$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$255K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Shan Landry (vice president); Don Johnson (secretary); Andre Nogue (treasurer); Shirley Dixon (director); Scott Wilson (director); Richard Marcotte (director); Doug Still (director); Don Gabel (director); Ann Donovan (director); Kelvin Fisher (director); Gary Boechler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism Charitable Trust Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897431169RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.