Royal Canadian Legion Branch #475 Poppy Trust Fund
Charitable organization · Toledo, Ontario · BN 816783500RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,728) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #475 Poppy Trust Fund is a charitable organization based in Toledo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4,242 in revenue and $5,728 in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 50% from donations.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $4,393 in 2024, the largest being $2,500 to Leave the Streets Behine Care of RCL Ontario Command. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2,654 in 2020 to $4,242 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We promote in our schools remembrance of the sacrifices of veterans through the annual rcl poster/literacy contests. We make donations to qualifying veterans and their families. We with approval from the rcl ontario command make donations to the homeless veterans program the ptsd service dogs for veterans program and to the local air cadet squadron
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,242 | $5,728 | $1,335 | — | $4,393 | $8,017 |
| 2023 | $5,145 | $5,849 | $1,359 | — | $4,490 | — |
| 2022 | $5,765 | $5,117 | $617 | — | $4,500 | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $2,654 | $3,395 | — | — | $3,000 | $4,468 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $4,393 to 3 qualified donees:
- Leave the Streets Behine Care of RCL Ontario Command$2,500
- PTSD Service Dogs for Veterans Care of RCL Ontario Command$1,393
- Air Cadet League of Canada$500
Received $0 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ruth Chapin (chair person & signing officer); Richard Gayda (signing officer); Brian Preston (br 475 service officer); Mark Stevens (br. pres. & signing officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Canadian Legion Branch #475 Poppy Trust Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816783500RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.