Canadian Airborne Forces Association / Association des forces aéroportées du Canada
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·874 UNITY RD · GLENBURNIE, ON · K0H 1S0·BN 882390958RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
To provide a scholarship for post-secondary education to Members of CAFA ARAC or other constituent associations; spouses children or grandchildren of an association member (be the member living or deceased); a member in good standing of a Cadet Corps affiliated with CAFA or ARAC; or any Army Cadet who is a qualified Canadian Forces Parachutist; Provide funding to support the development display and maintenance of the Canadian Airborne Forces Collection at the Garrison Petawawa Museum; Provide funding to support the development restoration and maintenance of Canadian Airborne Forces monu… Show more
To provide a scholarship for post-secondary education to Members of CAFA ARAC or other constituent associations; spouses children or grandchildren of an association member (be the member living or deceased); a member in good standing of a Cadet Corps affiliated with CAFA or ARAC; or any Army Cadet who is a qualified Canadian Forces Parachutist; Provide funding to support the development display and maintenance of the Canadian Airborne Forces Collection at the Garrison Petawawa Museum; Provide funding to support the development restoration and maintenance of Canadian Airborne Forces monuments and memorials with a view to commemorating the sites and educating the public about them; Provide funding to airborne affiliated cadet corps to support cadet training to youth; Provide funding to sponsoring the participation of serving members and cadets on battlefield tours of operations conducted by Canadian Airborne Forces; Publish annually for distribution to Canadian Armed Forces parachute elements a magazine that highlights current Canadian Armed Forces parachute activities reviews developing parachuting trends and provides a historical perspective; To promote the efficiency of the Canadian Armed Forces by providing funding to support publications / artwork / documentaries on Canadian Airborne Forces history and by providing funding to public events that commemorate the history and heritage of the Canadian Airborne Forces.
New programs
Commemoration Cyprus 2024 - a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Canada's contribution to United Nations peacekeeping in Cyprus and the 50th Anniversary of the actions of Canadian Airborne Forces during the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.
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.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)98¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 98¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)1%
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 ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)1.1 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$171K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)17%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)58%
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 ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $10K | 70¢ | 30% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $7K | 27¢ | 73% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $9K | 69¢ | 31% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $28K | — | — | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $93K | 94¢ | 0% | 1.1 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $171K | 98¢ | 1% | 1.1 yr |
| trend |
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)
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Board of directors
16 directors reported · 16 of 16at arm's length
- Holmes, WalterPast Presidentarm's length
- Saint-Yves, AlainDirectorarm's length
- Houghton, MichaelDirectorarm's length
- Samis, Clayton RDirectorarm's length
- Lapeyre, JeromeDirectorarm's length
- Douglas, MelvinDirectorarm's length
- Pentney, David JTreasurerarm's length
- English, MichaelSecretaryarm's length
- Hatton, RichardPresidentarm's length
- Currie, AlderDirectorarm's length
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- Ewing, BruceDirectorarm's length
- Moody, ScottDirectorarm's length
- Metaxas, PereclesDirectorarm's length
- Horn, BerndDirectorarm's length
- Holsworth, JamesDirectorarm's length
- Clarke, Daniel WDirectorarm'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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