Military Police Fund for Blind Children
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 134949635RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($199,681) as filed with the CRA.
Military Police Fund for Blind Children is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $150K in revenue and $200K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $93K in 2020 to $150K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The objective of the fund is to primarily aid blind children and young adults up to the age of twenty-one. They support charitable organizations and individuals involved in the education and recreation of blind children and young adults. Raised funds are used towards the enhancement of the lives of the visually impaired children by purchasing specialized computers and equipment and by sending children to various camps on trips.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $150K | $200K | $182K | — | — | $696K |
| 2023 | $160K | $129K | $112K | — | — | $766K |
| 2022 | $80K | $114K | $95K | $1,871 | — | $695K |
| 2021 | $222K | $136K | $101K | $18K | — | $729K |
| 2020 | $93K | $258K | $228K | $13K | — | $643K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $12K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vanessa Hanrahan (chair); James Legere (civilian members' rep); Kirsten Yue-Devoe (atlantic region rep); Christopher Hogan (deployed members rep); Garret Cross (media relations); Jackie Nicholson (vice-chair); Suzan Leitch (ontario region rep); Roland Russell (treasurer); Gordon Hallam (prairie region rep); Paul Hare (prairie region rep); Jade Barr-Higgins (quebec region rep); Michael Andrade (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Military Police Fund for Blind Children’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134949635RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.