About Red Fridays Foundation of Canada

Friday, April 25, 2008 03:02 PM

Red Fridays Foundation of Canada has a MBL (Master Business License) private foundation in Canada with appropriate government registrations and tax registrations. Our MBL number is 170258297. For privacy and fraud protection we do not publish our tax registration numbers or business banking information.

Red Fridays Foundation of Canada is not a charity. Our registered business activity is PUBLIC AWARENESS.

Public awareness efforts and support programs such as the Red Fridays Foundation can be costly to run. Our proceeds are used in a variety of ways including but not limited to the following:

Manufacturing support products and associated costs.
Media press releases through Media Wires across Canada.
Multi media publishing advertising & marketing initiatives.
Shipping and receiving costs.
Organizing events and related costs, permits, staff, etc.
Web presence and electronic marketing.
Donations of products to 3rd party initiatives in alignment with Red Fridays initiatives.
Travel expenses to and from events and shows.

The proprietor of the Foundation and immediate members of our Foundation do not draw a salary nor accept gratuities on the behalf of Red Fridays Foundation of Canada. The work efforts are on a voluntary basis. Any employees hired for specific events are contractual and paid an agreed amount for services. Public servant services and administration are paid for through the proceeds of the Red Fridays Foundation of Canada.

COMMENTS:

Because we are not a charity most financial questions about Red Fridays of Canada is directed towards to why we are not a charity and were does the money go. Our initiative and awareness campaign targets the Canadian Forces personnel we fondly call Our Troops.

An old one and difficult issue for us is our Veterans. They are often left to the wayside of public support and funding and are at most times the ones that need the public support the most. These are a few items we try to address when supporting and recommending other charities and their fund raising campaigns.

When we attempted to create a public foundation that would be a charity for the above mentioned financial needs, we were initially denied for the following policies: The DND does not allow public money to go to their personnel other than the federal taxes controlled by our federal government. It is expressly prohibited for active CF personnel to except charity or gratuities on behalf of the Canadian Forces. Furthermore, it was brought to our attention during federal filings the Canadian Forces has a special service called the CFPSA (Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency) that is formed to address their military staff needs. We have discussed with the CFPSA and their departments about helping out in some way on behalf of the Red Fridays Foundation of Canada. Again being reminded they can only accept donations and not be funded by a another registered charity; our options were soon realized to be limited to becoming a charity with similar goals. Recently we have been approached by other charities that assist our veterans. These charities depend on public money to achieve their goals in assisting our veterans. Our goal is to assist these charities through our public awareness and raising funds for their specific needs.

Public Affiliations:

Red Fridays Foundation of Canada and our current members are not associates of the CFPSA or the Canadian Forces - Department of Defense (DND). Merely, our Foundation represents the citizens and civilians of Canada that care for our troops, their work, and the pursuit of peace.

Donations to Red Fridays Foundation of Canada:

We generally discourage financial donations to our foundation as we can not issue tax deductible receipts. We recommend to people that wish to make a tax deductible donation for our Canadian Troops to do so through the CFPSA. We do accept gifts to our foundation and appreciate it very much as they are used to continue our mission of support and public awareness.

Political Affiliations:

Red Fridays Foundation of Canada does not have any affiliation with any political parties of Canada or abroad. We remain to be nonpartisan on the support we raise awareness to our serving men and woman of the Canadian Forces. Our motivation is one of thanks to our Canadian Forces for their services they provide to Canada in maintaining our sovereignty and our way of life and freedoms. Our awareness campaigns are not about any one particular mission or theatre our military are currently involved in.

Final Thoughts:

Although the manufactures of support items such as ribbons, magnets, apparel are for profit, the sales of our support items are for the awareness activities and campaigns we coordinate or assist in. Our product is public awareness and our profits are the minds and hearts we enlighten that support our Canadian Forces Troops. We are happy to announce that our goal of public awareness has been successful and we pledge to continue to be activists of support for our Canadian Forces serving men and women - the past, the present and the future. Our thanks to our troops are for the present and the past. On a personal note, my parents we liberated by the Canadian Forces in 1945 in The Netherlands. This Foundation also represents the gratitude many Canadian immigrants that have been liberated by the Canadian Forces that gave our home lands peace and our personal lives the freedom that only could have been made possible through the peace keeping efforts of our Canadian Forces.

-Brian Muntz
Founder: Red Fridays Foundation of Canada