THE MERLIN SENIOR CITIZENS FRIENDSHIP CLUB
Charitable organizationPublic amenities·13 ERIE ST S · MERLIN, ON · N0P 1W0·BN 119245033RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
Entertainment and recreation such as card playing quilting crafts and art & computer classes; Chicken dinners for fund raising purposes and social outing. Our monthly newsletter is appreciated by area residents as well as former Merlin citizens. Other community group use facilities at no cost; family Christmas parties wedding and baby showers rent our building. We are a member of the C-K Senior Advisory Committee sharing ideas between 11 senior clubs throughout the municipality. We are on the C-K Senior Games Committee and host the semi annual euchre tournaments. organize a town-wide yard… Show more
Entertainment and recreation such as card playing quilting crafts and art & computer classes; Chicken dinners for fund raising purposes and social outing. Our monthly newsletter is appreciated by area residents as well as former Merlin citizens. Other community group use facilities at no cost; family Christmas parties wedding and baby showers rent our building. We are a member of the C-K Senior Advisory Committee sharing ideas between 11 senior clubs throughout the municipality. We are on the C-K Senior Games Committee and host the semi annual euchre tournaments. organize a town-wide yard sale; bi-monthly potluck dinners for members and friends invite speakers from various organization to make presentations- Crime Stoppers Alzheimer Society etc. A 15-20 member group is using our facility to come together to machine quilt and discuss their ongoing personal quilting projects and to learn from each other.
New programs
2024 was the 50th anniversary of our club and members came up with ideas to recognize and celebrate through the year.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)78¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 78¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)22%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)—
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$53K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)3%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)9%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $36K | 98¢ | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $32K | 68¢ | 33% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $24K | 66¢ | 35% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $18K | — | — | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $45K | 63¢ | 74% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $53K | 78¢ | 22% | — |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 6 of 10at arm's length
- Darnley, Margaret NTreasurernot at arm's length
- Darnley, George MPresidentnot at arm's length
- Drew, Keith FDirectornot at arm's length
- Drew, Susanne ESecretarynot at arm's length
- Faubert, Marguerite MVice Presidentarm's length
- Larouche, Pearl ADirectorarm's length
- Masterson, HelenDirectorarm's length
- McLeod, RogerDirectorarm's length
- Merritt, LenoreDirectorarm's length
- Sharp, Richard EDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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