THE MILITARY MUSEUMS FOUNTATION
Charitable organizationTeaching institutions·4520 CROWCHILD TR SW · CALGARY, AB · T2T 5J4·BN 876545203RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
Cents to cause T1
59¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
41%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
0.4 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$303K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
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Is The Military Museums Fountation a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 876545203RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Military Museums Fountation located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 4520 CROWCHILD TR SW, CALGARY, AB, T2T 5J4. Source.
What does The Military Museums Fountation do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of The Military Museums Fountation's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 59¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Military Museums Fountation?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $303K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
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… Show more
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 also have specific programs for birthday parties Seniors groups and summer camps.
New programs
This year we are continuing to develop STEM specific programs while enhancing our Seniors Programs and our Summer Camp Programming. The Cadet Programs continue to evolve and we continue to seek out meaningful ways of incorporating more diversity into our programming to coincide with Black History month for example. In fact the Foundation is working with the Calgary Black Chambers (CBC) to develop programs designed to inspire engage and educate the public on the contribution of BIPOC communities to Canada’s rich military history and heritage.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
59¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 59¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 59¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
41%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
0.4 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$303K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)3%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
30%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
3%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
30%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
67%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $446K | 68¢ | 32% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $208K | 31¢ | 38% | 1.1 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $132K | 33¢ | 56% | 3.4 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $124K | 55¢ | 45% | 0 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $298K | 58¢ | 42% | 0.3 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $303K | 59¢ | 41% | 0.4 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
11 directors reported · 11 of 11at arm's length
- Aker, Gordon FChairarm's length
- Beauchamp, DanTreasurerarm's length
- Alcock, CraigSecretaryarm's length
- Bates, JessicaEducation Directorarm's length
- Clarke, ChelseaDirector EDIarm's length
- Labbé, RichardMembership Directorarm's length
- Tuffs, BrianVice-Chairarm's length
- Armstrong, JamesDirector At Largearm's length
- Landon, JimMembership Directorarm's length
- Graham, AllisonEducation Directorarm's length
- Urquhart, AndreaChair HR Committeearm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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