Air Rescue One Heli Winch Society
Publicly funded institution · Coldstream, British Columbia · BN 725684328RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($126,907) as filed with the CRA.
Air Rescue One Heli Winch Society is a charitable organization based in Coldstream, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. 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 $207K in revenue and $127K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $24K in 2020 to $207K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Administration of helicopter winch rescue services in the north okanagan.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $207K | $127K | $127K | — | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $121K | $51K | $51K | — | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $25K | $29K | $29K | — | — | $15K |
| 2021 | $14K | $44K | $37K | — | — | $105K |
| 2020 | $24K | $30K | $23K | — | — | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,508
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Steve Oliver (president); Jim Forsdike (vice-president); Lynne Vanderkerkhove (treasurer); Dave Hauber (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Air Rescue One Heli Winch Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 725684328RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.