The Hitching Post Seniors' Society of Czar
Publicly funded institution · Czar, Alberta · BN 887993061RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,835) as filed with the CRA.
The Hitching Post Seniors' Society of Czar is a charitable organization based in Czar, 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 $11K in revenue and $9,835 in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 521 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $400 in 2020, the largest being $400 to Wochf CT Scanner Project - Wainwright AB. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5,843 in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The hitching post operates a drop-in centre for senior citizens & for the community in general. Our facility is used for senior activities as well as community meetings funeral lunches 4-h meetings wedding showers birthdays fcss meeting etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11K | $9,835 | $9,835 | — | — | $117K |
| 2023 | $6,590 | $6,530 | $6,530 | — | — | $116K |
| 2022 | $6,833 | $7,518 | $7,518 | — | — | $116K |
| 2021 | $7,957 | $6,976 | $6,976 | — | — | $116K |
| 2020 | $5,843 | $6,193 | $5,793 | — | $400 | $115K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Granted $400 to 1 qualified donee:
- Wochf CT Scanner Project - Wainwright AB$400
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Allan Long (president/director); Kevin Laing (vice pres./director); Pauline Ptolemy (secretary/director); Joan Grunow (treasurer/director); Katherine Marcotte (director); Merv Grunow (director); Marjorie Melin (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Hitching Post Seniors' Society of Czar’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887993061RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.