Royal Canadian Legion Guelph (ontario No 234) Branch Poppy Fund
Charitable organization · Guelph, Ontario · BN 889021390RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($130,545) as filed with the CRA.
Royal Canadian Legion Guelph (ontario No 234) Branch Poppy Fund is a charitable organization based in Guelph, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $106K in revenue and $131K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,714.
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 25% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 15 qualified donees totalling $97K in 2024, the largest being $13K to ST. Mary's Hospital. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Vetern care youth education bursary programs cadet training donations to charitable organizations that ex-service personell and their dependents may avail themselves to visiting war vetern's and ex-service personell. This is all done by volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $106K | $131K | $3,702 | $26K | $93K | $146K |
| 2023 | $114K | $111K | $4,092 | $39K | $66K | $171K |
| 2022 | $131K | $81K | $3,144 | $3,516 | $66K | $166K |
| 2021 | $100K | $32K | $24K | — | $7,500 | — |
| 2020 | $113K | $117K | $5,323 | $8,244 | $101K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $97K to 15 qualified donees:
- ST. Mary's Hospital$13K
- ST. Joseph's Foundation$10K
- Hopice Guelph Wellington$10K
- Guelph General Hospital$8,790
- Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command--R.c.e.l.$7,500
- Air Cadets 121 Red Arrow SSC$6,879
- Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Charitable$5,500
- Sea Cadets Ajax Corp #89$5,328
- Army Cadets of 1882 Wellington Rifles$5,225
- Navy Cadets Achilles League #34$4,568
- Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Homeless$4,500
- Royal Canadian Legion District 'C' Hospital Fund$4,500
- Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Command Post$4,000
- Royal Canadian Legion Branch 234$3,630
- Royal Canadian Legion Ontraio Command Bursary$3,500
Received $1,714 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Thompson (chair); Alan Miller (co-chair); Diane Watt-Gilbertson (secretary); Madeline Macgregor (treasurer); Susan Patterson (board member); John Pettigrew (board member); Paul Kubinec (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Royal Canadian Legion Guelph (ontario No 234) Branch Poppy Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889021390RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.