Kingston Flying Club
Publicly funded institution · Kingston, Ontario · BN 102843943RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($265,588) as filed with the CRA.
Kingston Flying Club is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 $228K in revenue and $266K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
To advance education by operating a flight school and to provide scholarships busaries and other forms of financial assistance to students pursuing an education in aviation. To educate the public on aviation safety by providing tours information sessions and safety bulletins.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $228K | $266K | $195K | $0 | $0 | -$534K |
| 2023 | $276K | $368K | $267K | — | — | -$496K |
| 2022 | $275K | $319K | $233K | — | — | -$404K |
| 2021 | $315K | $329K | $211K | — | — | -$360K |
| 2020 | $221K | $267K | $156K | — | — | -$346K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$106K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darryl Brambilla (president); Robert Lavigne (vice-president); Howard Moran (treasurer); Christopher Cowan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kingston Flying Club’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 102843943RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.