Friends of the Canadian War Museum
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 891971848RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($119,786) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Canadian War Museum is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $120K in revenue and $120K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $117K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $104K in 2024, the largest being $104K to Canadian War Museum. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the friends of the canadian war museum amis du musee canadien de la guerre is: to promote support and assist the canadian war museum with a view to educating present and future generations of canadians on canada's military heritage preserving historical artifacts promoting research and encouraging future generations to reflect on past sacrifices.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $120K | $120K | — | — | $104K | $183K |
| 2023 | $117K | $148K | — | — | $131K | $184K |
| 2022 | $114K | $70K | — | — | $55K | $215K |
| 2021 | $50K | $72K | $2,171 | — | $54K | $171K |
| 2020 | $98K | $136K | $13K | — | $103K | $190K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $104K to 1 qualified donee:
- Canadian War Museum$104K
Received $117K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Canadahelps Canadon$32K
- Five B Family Foundation$15K
- Keith & Betty Beedie Foundation$10K
- Fondation Québec Philanthrope$5,374
- Jack and Sylvia Gin Foundation$5,000
- The Tenaquip Foundation$5,000
- The Scott Griffin Foundation$5,000
- The Andy and Beth Burgess Family Foundation$2,500
- The Hay Foundation/la Fondation Hay$1,000
- The William and Jean Teron Foundation$1,000
- Clench House Foundation$1,000
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$600
- ZLC Foundation$600
- The Douglas Family Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$326
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$50
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Argent (director chair comms & mkting); Thomas Burnie (director chair - governance); Steven Clark (director); Deanna Fimrite (director); Scott Healey (director chair ways & means); Ian Moffat (director); James Payette (treasurer from june 1 2022); Wayne Primeau (director chair corp svcs); Louise Siew (director); David Sutton (director); Robert Hamilton (past president); Linda Colwell (president from sept 14 2022).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Canadian War Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891971848RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.