The Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 891755589RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($592,958) as filed with the CRA.
The Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society 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 $449K in revenue and $593K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,268.
Compared with 686 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 83% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $449K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The promotion of outreach and special types of programs in the community for senior citizens assisting them to live an independent life in their own homes and to be less dependent on the traditional social services safety net.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $449K | $593K | $409K | $50K | — | $744K |
| 2023 | $751K | $738K | $553K | $51K | — | $893K |
| 2022 | $391K | $432K | $255K | $53K | — | $880K |
| 2021 | $490K | $517K | $307K | $40K | — | $891K |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $473K | $322K | $42K | — | $918K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $3,268 from 1 charity:
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
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$212K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ann Martel (1st vice president); Dianne Danielson (president); Marilynn Sander (secretary); Bill Diprose (past president); Leslye Foesier (treasurer); Irene Iwaniuk (director); Pauline Padbury (director); Helga Dressel (second vice president); Ann Craig (director); Maxine Mayor (director); Ruth Gilchrist (director); Edward David (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Greater Forest Lawn 55+ Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891755589RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.