FAQ

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The Foundation’s operations are carried out by volunteer representatives from RCMP Veterans’ Associations from across Canada. There is no staffed office or phone monitoring capability.
All contact with the Foundation must be initiated through email or this website.
Email: rcmpvafoundation@gmail.com.
Generally, personal contact with applicants is only undertaken as and when required to facilitate reviews and adjudication of applications for funding.

The Foundation’s operations are mainly funded by public donations.

The RCMPVA Foundation is a registered charity with the Canada Revenue Agency and being the charity arm of the Association is able to provide an official receipt for income tax purposes, for donations received by it.

Donors will receive a receipt suitable for tax purposes if requested. Using the online donation which the website will guide them to, donors will receive a Canada Helps receipt. If they donate directly to the RCMPVAF, they will receive a Foundation receipt. Whichever receipt they receive, it is “suitable for CRA tax purposes”.

The Foundation is the charitable arm of the RCMPVA. It is run by a board of directors that reports only to the sole membership of the RCMPVA Foundation. The sole membership of the Foundation, which is the RCMPVA, and is represented by the President.

No.
A potential applicant must meet the criteria set out within RCMPVA purposes and policy.
“Former RCMP members or employees and/or their immediate family and/or their dependents”

APPROVED CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RCMPVA FOUNDATION

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CURRENT OR FORMER RCMP MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES AND/OR THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES AND/OR THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
2. TO RELIEVE CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DISABILITY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CURRENT OR FORMER RCMP MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES AND/OR THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES AND/OR THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR DISABILITY ARE IN NEED OF RESIDENTIAL MODIFICATIONS OR MOBILITY ASSISTANCE.
3. TO PROVIDE GRIEF SUPPORT FOR CURRENT OR FORMER RCMP MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES AND/OR THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES AND/OR THEIR DEPENDENTS ON THE DEATH, INJURY, OR DISPLACEMENT OF SERVING RCMP MEMBER OR EMPLOYEES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY.
4. TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC AMENITY BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING MEMORIAL STRUCTURES AND/OR CEMETERIES FOR THE PUBLIC, OF CURRENT RCMP MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE KILLED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY, WITH A VIEW TO COMMEMORATING THE EVENT AND/OR THE FALLEN INDIVIDUALS AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEM.
5. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, AND OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO YOUTH FROM COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN THE RCMP, SO THAT SUCH YOUTH CAN OBTAIN THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING AN RCMP MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE.
6. TO RECEIVE AND MAINTAIN A FUND OR FUNDS AND TO APPLY ALL OR PART OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INCOME THEREFROM, FROM TIME TO TIME, TO QUALIFIED DONEES AS DEFINED IN SUBSECTION 149.1(1) OF THE INCOME TAX ACT (CANADA).

Financial assistance applications for need, such as an emergency case due to loss of household in a wildfire, or longer-term needs, are identified in the Applications section of this website. Applications for other purposes can be done by narrative requests to the RCMPVA Foundation’s email.

Submitted applications and the data contained therein are treated with the upmost respect and confidentiality.
As with most financial applications, there is a requirement for appropriate due diligence processes to be followed to ensure that applications are first sincere and secondly meet the Foundation’s guidelines for funding to be granted. This may require that more information or the circumstances articulated in the application require more information or verification. This may result in an application being forwarded to the applicant’s home RCMPVA Division advocate for further review or verification. Division advocates are selected and trained to conduct and respond to such requests. Application details are not shared otherwise.

In some cases, applicant(s) upon consultation may be referred by a RCMPVA Division advocate to other supports that may be available depending on circumstances and location. The type of supports available to RCMP Veterans from Federal, Provincial and other organizations are constantly changing based on location and funding allotments. Local Division advocates are the people most up to date on what is available within their geographic area.

ALL applications must include a cover letter/e-mail or similar document advising of the specific situation currently being faced and exactly what relief is being sought from the Foundation and if ongoing support outside of a one-time award is being sought.

Donate through this website.
Join the RCMPVA through the RCMPVA National website or contact your local Division.