Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 560 Kingston Poppy Trust Fund
Charitable organization · Kingston, Ontario · BN 886335397RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($72,909) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 560 Kingston Poppy Trust Fund is a charitable organization based in Kingston, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $65K in revenue and $73K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $715.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 63% of peers.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $38K in 2024, the largest being $15K to The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Providing assistance to needy veterans; supporting medical training and research; and the provision of community medical appliances to assist in the care of veterans; canadian military family resource centres; funding the purchase/construction/maintenance of housing and care facilities for elderly and disabled persons; providing bursaries to children and grandchildren and great-grandchldren of veterans; and supporting drop-in centres for seniors and meals
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65K | $73K | $34K | — | $38K | $132K |
| 2023 | — | $43K | — | — | $43K | — |
| 2022 | — | $10K | — | — | $10K | — |
| 2021 | — | $14K | — | — | $14K | — |
| 2020 | $66K | $35K | $22K | — | $12K | $74K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $38K to 4 qualified donees:
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$15K
- Kingston Military Family Resource Centre Incorporated/centre de Ressources pour les Familles Militaires de Kingston Inc.$10K
- Royal Canadian Legion Villa Kingston$7,582
- Ottawa Service Bureau$5,000
Received $715 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Merrill Gooderham (chairman); Harolyn Kimbers (office manager); Art Kimbers (trustee/treasurer); Heather Ellis (trustee); Paul Carnegie (trustee); Tracy Gray (trustee); Kevin Luther.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 560 Kingston Poppy Trust Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886335397RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.