Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 882146509RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($423,246) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $491K in revenue and $423K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $247K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Wounded Warriors Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
1.maintenance and investment for future requirements of the canadian firefighters memorial . 2. Conduct and manage the canadian firefighters annual memorial ceremony. 3. Provide transportation and accommodation subsidies to the families of fallen firefighters honoured at the annual ceremony. 4. Provide bursaries and scholarships to the children and spouses /partners of fallen canadian firefighters recognized by the foundation. 5. Support the families of the fallen trough various programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $491K | $423K | $306K | — | $10K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $506K | $334K | $196K | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $502K | $293K | $219K | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2021 | $410K | $127K | $56K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2020 | $460K | $109K | $49K | — | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $247K from 12 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Canadahelps Canadon$119K
- Charity of Hope$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$998
- United Way of Greater Toronto$891
- Aqueduct Foundation$750
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$633
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$627
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$592
- The Foundation Office.ca$500
- United Way of Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington$113
- United Way of Prince Edward Island$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$17K
Schedule 3 of its 2020 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Celement (director); Lori Gray (director); Brian Hutchinson (director); Arnold Lazare (director); James Mackinnon (director); Scott Marks (director); Mike McKenna (2nd vice president); Janny Pape (director); Bruce Paradis (treasurer); Martin Rousseau (director); David Sheen (president); John Sobey (secretary); Brian Starkell (director); William Stewart (director); Carey Taylor (director); Douglas Wylie (1st vice president); Seth Statler (director); Ken Stuebing (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 882146509RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.