4 Valleys Volunteer Fire Department and Recreation Organization
Publicly funded institution · Maryvale, Nova Scotia · BN 132523887RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($202,139) as filed with the CRA.
4 Valleys Volunteer Fire Department and Recreation Organization is a charitable organization based in Maryvale, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $210K in revenue and $202K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $65.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $106K in 2020 to $210K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The department was incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Nova Scotia on December 5 1978. Its main purpose is to provide fire protection services to the residents of Districts 1 2 and 4 of the County of Antigonish Nova Scotia; respond to fire alarms; attendance at motor vehicle collisions; conduct fire drills at schools and fire prevention programs/ education. The department now provides Rescue services over water and ice and is a designated Community Emergency Comfort Station.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $210K | $202K | $128K | $0 | $0 | $322K |
| 2023 | $240K | $200K | $159K | $0 | $0 | $314K |
| 2022 | $184K | $171K | $130K | $0 | $0 | $274K |
| 2021 | $167K | $114K | $93K | — | $0 | $261K |
| 2020 | $106K | $76K | $76K | — | $0 | $208K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $65 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Kelly (chairperson); George DeRabbie (president (fire chief)); John Daniel Shaw (director (1st deputy chief)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from 4 Valleys Volunteer Fire Department and Recreation Organization’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132523887RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.