Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 118828599RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($272,515) as filed with the CRA.
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $181K in revenue and $273K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 21% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7,392.
Compared with 1,296 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 19% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Canada's aviation hall of fame objective is to honour those individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to aviation and aerospace in canada; and to collect preserve exhibit and interpret artifacts and documents. Thereby inspiring and educating canadians. The charity carries out the 'induction ceremony and gala' inducting new members into the hall of fame each year. The gala takes place in new locations each year with revenues derived from individual and corporate ticket sales advertising and donations. Other programs include the operation of the actual hall of fam…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $181K | $273K | $141K | $97K | — | $75K |
| 2023 | $339K | $321K | $102K | $187K | — | $166K |
| 2022 | $353K | $271K | $197K | $27K | — | $149K |
| 2021 | $205K | $189K | $143K | $3,500 | — | $104K |
| 2020 | $189K | $222K | $165K | $14K | — | $88K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7,392 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$44K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John McKenna (chair); Jody Weyman (director); Jean Menard (treasurer); Anthony Norejko (director); Frank Baistrocchi (2nd vice-chair); Rob Madden (director); John Holding (member director); John Green (1st vice-chair); Michael Michaud (director); Greg Powell (member director); Bernard Gervais (director at large); Gerald Logue (director at large); Russ Payson (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118828599RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.