Royal Canadian Legion Greater Edmonton Poppy Fund
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119127405RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($320,875) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Canadian Legion Greater Edmonton Poppy Fund is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $321K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $859K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Assistance to veterans ex-service persons and their dependent spouses and children
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $321K | $200K | $105K | — | $859K |
| 2023 | $572K | $207K | $186K | — | — | $810K |
| 2022 | $100K | $100K | $9,162 | $80K | — | $807K |
| 2021 | $173K | $173K | $63K | $93K | — | $799K |
| 2020 | $859K | $342K | $141K | $162K | — | $796K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trudy Ressler (director); Richard Etmanski (president); Mac Torrie (director); Steven Ewaschuk (director); Phyllis Moldowan (treasurer); Cathy Thompson (director); Jackie Hyshka (recording secretary); Cheyne Leger (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Canadian Legion Greater Edmonton Poppy Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119127405RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.