Seniors Secret Service Society
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 894375666RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,030,041) as filed with the CRA.
Seniors Secret Service Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1M in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Seniors secret service works with over 150 care homes and senior serving agencies to enhance the quality of life of individuals 60 years and older who are alone or isolated in the community. The society provides support to over 7500 isolated seniors annually. The society operates programs which support seniors who are alone at christmas and on their birthdays. A third program provides emergency care packages to seniros who do not have their basic needs met.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1,083 | — | $124K |
| 2023 | $853K | $920K | $882K | $375 | — | $144K |
| 2022 | $864K | $869K | $833K | $490 | — | $199K |
| 2021 | $813K | $724K | $703K | $385 | — | $204K |
| 2020 | $792K | $822K | $681K | — | $681K | $115K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 9 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$65K
- Canadahelps Canadon$12K
- The Calgary Foundation$12K
- Broadfoot Family Foundation$3,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$2,622
- Lily Street Foundation$2,500
- BenefAction Foundation$2,500
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,820
- Campbell-Stone United Church (christian Church/disciples of Christ and the United Church of Canada)$200
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$77K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Julia Hall (president); Jo-Ann Davis (vice president); Dawn Howard (secretary); Kylie Carstairs (treasurer); Catherine Agar (director); Nicky Muir (operations director); Terri Pozniak (director); Danielle Mayhew (director); Megan Wilson (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seniors Secret Service Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894375666RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.