The Military Museums Fountation
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 876545203RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($290,931) as filed with the CRA.
The Military Museums Fountation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $303K in revenue and $291K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 30% from government, 17% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Our core education programs have continued this past year and include the following: Grades 1-3: Anchors Aweigh Artefact Handling Armistice and Boats & Buoyancy. Grades 4-6: Artefact Handling Armistice Poppies and Porcupine Quills Posters and Propaganda Warriors of Old. Grades 7-9: Artefact Handling Armistice Shaping Our Nation: The War of 1812 Women in War Grades 10-12: Artefact Handling Armistice Canada and the Great War Canada and the Gold War Women in War Military Myth Building. In addition we have developed Cadet specific programs for Army Air and Sea Cadets. We al…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $303K | $291K | $170K | $2,384 | — | $21K |
| 2023 | $298K | $250K | $144K | $1,593 | — | $4,258 |
| 2022 | $124K | $182K | $101K | $2,751 | — | -$37K |
| 2021 | $132K | $81K | $26K | $625 | — | $22K |
| 2020 | $208K | $208K | $65K | $905 | — | -$30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $21K from 6 charities:
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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$253K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gordon Aker (chair); Dan Beauchamp (treasurer); Craig Alcock (secretary); Jessica Bates (education director); Chelsea Clarke (director edi); Richard Labbé (membership director); Brian Tuffs (vice-chair); James Armstrong (director at large); Jim Landon (membership director); Allison Graham (education director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Military Museums Fountation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876545203RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.