The Royal Canadian Legion Dunsdon Branch #461 Poppy Fund
Charitable organization · Brantford, Ontario · BN 893194779RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($32,351) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal Canadian Legion Dunsdon Branch #461 Poppy Fund is a charitable organization based in Brantford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $45K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $319.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $30K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
The charity provides financial support directly to canadian veterans and their spouses. Also the charity contributes financial support though ontario command to the homeless veterans fund in addition we contribute to the bursary fund of the rcl ontario command to provide financial support to students with their school expenses. We also contribute support to local cadet organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $45K | $32K | $2,705 | — | $30K | — |
| 2023 | $40K | $48K | $3,233 | — | $35K | — |
| 2022 | $35K | $5,860 | $5,142 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $32K | $33K | $6,519 | — | $25K | — |
| 2020 | $30K | $5,503 | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $30K to 8 qualified donees:
- Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation$10K
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$7,000
- Starfighters Cadets Squadron 104$4,000
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$2,000
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$2,000
- Admiral Nelles Navy Cadets$1,500
- The Royal Canadian Legion Ontario Provincial Command Branches and Ladies' Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation$1,000
Received $319 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Petit-Pas (trustee); Barbara Kensit (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal Canadian Legion Dunsdon Branch #461 Poppy Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893194779RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.