Westend Seniors Activity Centre
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 107283178RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,772,217) as filed with the CRA.
Westend Seniors Activity Centre is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, 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 $1.8M in revenue and $1.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $214K.
Compared with 276 public-amenity institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
In its own words
The Centre provides activities information and support to over 2000 seniors (persons ages 55+). We offer social support programs instructor led activities (physical educational and leisure both in person & online) a community cafe program as well as a frozen meal program and volunteer opportunities where approximately 225 volunteers provide over 15 000 hours per year. Our volunteers provide office assistance and assistance with seniors mental activities. Our efforts are aimed at engaging seniors from all backgrounds including mainstream ethnic minority and indigenous seniors to pro…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.4M | $937 | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $989 | — | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $967 | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1M | $907 | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.2M | $915K | $2,260 | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $214K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Westend Seniors Activity Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107283178RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.