Canadian Warplane Heritage
Charitable organization · Mount Hope, Ontario · BN 106868599RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($7,790,304) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Warplane Heritage is a charitable organization based in Mount Hope, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $8.7M in revenue and $7.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from donations. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $243K.
Compared with 414 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 85% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.7M in 2020 to $8.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The charity acquires documents preserves and maintains a collection of aircraft that were flown by Canadians and the Canadian military services from World War II to the present including other related aviation artifacts and memorabilia of significant historical importance to this period. The charity instructs educates and entertains the general public through the maintenance and rotation of displays flight demonstration special events and activities. We also provide facilities for the restoration and protection of our aircraft collection. The charity maintains supportive exhibits in t…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.7M | $7.8M | $2.9M | $85K | — | $13.4M |
| 2023 | $8M | $6M | $2.4M | $129K | — | $12.5M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4.7M | $1.8M | $123K | — | $10.6M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $2.4M | $1.1M | $23K | — | $11.1M |
| 2020 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $1.6M | $85K | — | $10.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $243K from 21 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$151K
- Kenneth M. Molson Foundation$35K
- Ray Nissan Family Foundation$20K
- Hamilton Community Foundation$11K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,508
- BenefAction Foundation$4,337
- The Roger and Edith Davis Foundation$4,000
- The Norman and Margaret Jewison Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,349
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,047
- The W. P. Scott Charitable Foundation$1,000
- The Foundation Office.ca$1,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- Waterloo Region Community Foundation$446
- London Community Foundation$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$159
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$149
- My Charity Fund$96
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$50
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$45
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Rohrer (president & ceo); David Ippolito (vice-chariman); Robert Fenn (corporate secretary); John O'Dwyer (treasurer); Patrick Farrell (board member); Barbara Maisonneuve (board member); Dave Williams (board member); Les Boris (board member); Brenda Johnson (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Warplane Heritage’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106868599RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.