The Legion National Foundation
Charitable organization · Kanata, Ontario · BN 774374524RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($789,662) as filed with the CRA.
The Legion National Foundation is a charitable organization based in Kanata, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $664K in revenue and $790K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $847K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 15% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $217K in 2024, the largest being $200K to Veterans' House Canada/Maison du vétéran Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.1M in 2020 to $664K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Pilgrimages of remembrance -visits to the sites of the first world war and second world war battles -remembrance contests for children and youth
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $664K | $790K | $58K | $65K | $342K | $747K |
| 2023 | $628K | $639K | $172K | $72K | $85K | $872K |
| 2022 | $516K | $478K | $42K | $75K | $145K | $883K |
| 2021 | $606K | $613K | $2,500 | $166K | $325K | $846K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $230K | — | $131K | — | $853K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $217K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $847K from 10 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$401K
- Canadahelps Canadon$401K
- John Patrick Colfer Family Foundation$20K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- The Royal Canadian Legion Manotick Branch No. 314 Poppy Fund$2,000
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$1,500
- Bayshore Foundation for Empowered Living$1,240
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$380
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$378
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$201K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Murray (director); Bruce Burnham (director); Andrea Siew (director); Thomas Irvine (chair); Bruce Julian (vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Legion National Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 774374524RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.