Okotoks Branch #291 Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Trust Funds
Charitable organization · Okotoks, Alberta · BN 892564964RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($86,694) as filed with the CRA.
Okotoks Branch #291 Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Trust Funds is a charitable organization based in Okotoks, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $86K in revenue and $87K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 5% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,293.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $52K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Alberta-NWT Command Poppy Fund. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
a. Education Bursaries: We provide bursaries to children grandchildren and great grandchildren of personnel qualified as serving or veterans who are entering or in post secondary studies in university or college who are in need. b. Support to Cadet Units: We provide financial aid to our local Cadet Units to support their training. c. Direct Assistance to Veterans In Need: We provide assistance for veterans and dependents in emergency need. d. Community Services: We provide financial and food assistance to veterans food banks Okotoks Hospice equipment veterans visits annual vete…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $86K | $87K | $26K | $0 | $52K | $189K |
| 2023 | $87K | $51K | $22K | $9,550 | $17K | $195K |
| 2022 | $64K | $48K | — | — | $40K | $131K |
| 2021 | $103K | $130K | $89K | — | $28K | $105K |
| 2020 | $75K | $58K | $23K | — | $22K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $52K to 4 qualified donees:
- Alberta-NWT Command Poppy Fund$40K
- #2383 Oilfields Royal Canadian Army Cadets$4,000
- #360 CCMRC Erratic sea Cadets$4,000
- #187 Foothills Air Cadet Squadron$4,000
Received $4,293 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rick Oncescu (president); Brent Ball (treasurer); Amanda (Mandie) Barker (secretary); Bruce LeMessurier (1st vice-president); Rob Calvert (2nd vice-president); John Bentley (3rd vice-president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Okotoks Branch #291 Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Trust Funds’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892564964RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.