The Royal Canadian Legion Lancaster BR NB No 69 Branch Poppy Fund
Charitable organization · Saint John, New Brunswick · BN 893157768RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($70,294) as filed with the CRA.
The Royal Canadian Legion Lancaster BR NB No 69 Branch Poppy Fund is a charitable organization based in Saint John, New Brunswick, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $84K in revenue and $70K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,174.
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 96% of peers.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $15K in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Romero House. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $50K in 2020 to $84K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
• To provide welfare relief and aid to needy veterans and their dependants. • Veterans Hospital Assistance. • To perpetuate the memory of those who died in service to their country and to those who have died since. • To promote the poppy campaign through school essays poems and posters. • Educational assistance. • Support and services for the charitable sector.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84K | $70K | $46K | — | $46K | $7,672 |
| 2023 | $72K | $61K | $47K | — | $40K | $0 |
| 2022 | $62K | $4,370 | $2,741 | — | $0 | $70K |
| 2021 | $50K | $42K | $19K | — | $11K | $42K |
| 2020 | $50K | $46K | $25K | — | — | $42K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $15K to 3 qualified donees:
- Romero House$5,000
- Saint John Northend Food Bank$5,000
- Saint John Westside Food Bank$5,000
Received $1,174 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Larry Lynch (treasurer); Robert Cobbett (service officer); Grant Clark (president); Paul Durant (2nd vice president); Terry Lockhart (branch manager).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Royal Canadian Legion Lancaster BR NB No 69 Branch Poppy Fund’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893157768RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.