The Aero-Space Museum Association of Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119211274RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,735,455) as filed with the CRA.
The Aero-Space Museum Association of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 35% from government. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $69K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 17 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Museum provided educational tours to children. We hosted annual signature events: national aviation day father's day wings 'n wheels and remembrance day ceremony. Museum enhanced airplanes in collections and installed new exhibit to celebrate two of calgary's famous flying aces.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $139K | — | $586K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $124K | — | $765K |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $1M | $105K | — | $861K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $862K | $86K | $0 | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1M | $806K | $81K | $0 | $565K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $69K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions17
- Total compensation, all staff$946K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Alho (chair); Kevin Dooley (vice-chair); Trevor McKay (treasurer); Liam O'Connell (secretary); Brian McFayden (director); Carol Delong (director); Rob Caswell (director); Curtis Marble (director); Paulina Tse (director); Bob Taylor (director); Brian Desjardins (director); Boris Dragicevic (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Aero-Space Museum Association of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119211274RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.