Royal Canadian Legion Branch 272 Poppy
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 872612825RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($44,080) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 272 Poppy is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $53K in revenue and $44K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $229.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $6,000 to Royal Canadian Legion District Hospital and Bursary. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3,336 in 2020 to $53K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Supporting local army/navy cadets serving our veterans their dependents and their spouses. Supporting youth seniors community and disaster relief when called upon. All of these fall under our guidelines with the poppy/rememberance set out in the royal canadian legion by-laws.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $44K | — | — | $42K | $63K |
| 2023 | $45K | $45K | — | — | $33K | — |
| 2022 | — | $49K | — | — | $41K | $49K |
| 2021 | $37K | $6,713 | — | $6,713 | — | $37K |
| 2020 | $3,336 | $53K | $43K | — | $43K | $19K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 12 qualified donees:
- Royal Canadian Legion District Hospital and Bursary$6,000
- Royal Canadian Legion Leave the Streets Behind Homeless$4,000
- Royal Canadian Legion PTSD Service Dogs$4,000
- R2R Ontario Command$3,000
- 21 RHFC Army Cadet Unit$3,000
- Royal Navy League Cadets$3,000
- Borden Resource Center$3,000
- Camp Maple Leaf$3,000
- Quilts of Valor$3,000
- Parkwood Royal Canadian Legion Veteran/comfort Fund$3,000
- Dominion Rcel$3,000
- ST Lukes Place$2,000
Received $229 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Brent (poppy chair); Harry Boomer (president); Gerry Lavis (treasurer); Lynda Hagedorn.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Canadian Legion Branch 272 Poppy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872612825RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.