The Thamesville Happy Club
Publicly funded institution · Florence, Ontario · BN 119210946RR0001 · Public Amenities
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($30,890) as filed with the CRA.
The Thamesville Happy Club is a charitable organization based in Florence, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $46K in revenue and $31K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% 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 24% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $150 in 2023, the largest being $150 to Chatham-Kent Hospice Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We provide various programs to enhance the health physical fitnes social interaction and mental health of senior citizens living in thamesville area programs include card games catered meals bus trips footcare and are always looking for new programs. We also offer a weekly exercise class
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $46K | $31K | $14K | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | $21K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | $18K |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | $22K |
| 2020 | $35K | $30K | $30K | — | $175 | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $150 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fred Stirling (president); Donald McGuire (vice president); Lorrie Workman (treasurer); Sandra Ferren (secretary); Patricia Wright (director); James Revell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Thamesville Happy Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119210946RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.