Antigonish County Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Antigonish, Nova Scotia · BN 118787894RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($295,458) as filed with the CRA.
Antigonish County Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Antigonish, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $554K in revenue and $295K 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 $2,496.
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 50% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $292K in 2020 to $554K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Provides fire fighting services for the county of antigonish
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $554K | $295K | $254K | $23K | — | $923K |
| 2023 | $491K | $373K | $363K | — | — | $841K |
| 2022 | $393K | $152K | $144K | — | — | $724K |
| 2021 | $324K | $163K | $154K | — | — | $539K |
| 2020 | $292K | $153K | $139K | — | — | $469K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,496 from 1 charity:
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,496
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Brendan Macinnis (fire chief); Jonathan Dewolf (deputy chief); Willie Bray (deputy chief); Kathryn Manthorne (director); David Sweet (treasurer); Donnie Farrell (director); Adrian Vandesande (director); Ashley Tozer (secretary); Greg Keizer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Antigonish County Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118787894RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.