Canadian Airborne Forces Association / Association des forces aéroportées du Canada
Publicly funded institution · Glenburnie, Ontario · BN 882390958RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($121,737) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Airborne Forces Association / Association des forces aéroportées du Canada is a charitable organization based in Glenburnie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $171K in revenue and $122K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 58% from government, 16% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $6,805 in 2020 to $171K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
To provide a scholarship for post-secondary education to Members of CAFA ARAC or other constituent associations; spouses children or grandchildren of an association member (be the member living or deceased); a member in good standing of a Cadet Corps affiliated with CAFA or ARAC; or any Army Cadet who is a qualified Canadian Forces Parachutist; Provide funding to support the development display and maintenance of the Canadian Airborne Forces Collection at the Garrison Petawawa Museum; Provide funding to support the development restoration and maintenance of Canadian Airborne Forces monu…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $171K | $122K | $119K | $498 | — | $120K |
| 2023 | $93K | $47K | $44K | $22 | — | $37K |
| 2022 | $28K | $2,000 | $25K | — | $2,000 | $26K |
| 2021 | $9,116 | $7,160 | $4,929 | — | — | $20K |
| 2020 | $6,805 | $7,357 | $2,000 | — | — | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Walter Holmes (past president); Alain Saint-Yves (director); Michael Houghton (director); Clayton Samis (director); Jerome Lapeyre (director); Melvin Douglas (director); David Pentney (treasurer); Michael English (secretary); Richard Hatton (president); Alder Currie (director); Bruce Ewing (director); Scott Moody (director); Perecles Metaxas (director); Bernd Horn (director); James Holsworth (director); Daniel Clarke (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Airborne Forces Association / Association des forces aéroportées du Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882390958RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.