Barrington Ground Search and Rescue
Publicly funded institution · Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia · BN 892615048RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($114,057) as filed with the CRA.
Barrington Ground Search and Rescue is a charitable organization based in Barrington Passage, 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 April 30, 2024, it reported $44K in revenue and $114K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government, 26% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $250.
Compared with 163 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $26K in 2020 to $44K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Search for lost individuals as requested by rcmp. Assist local emo. Purchase store and maintain equipment building and vehicles needed to support search activities. Provide insurance fro members and vehicles. Train members. Administer project lifesaver for local clients.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $44K | $114K | $100K | — | — | $350K |
| 2023 | $83K | $19K | $8,881 | — | — | $250K |
| 2022 | $34K | $33K | $24K | — | — | $200K |
| 2021 | $30K | $16K | $7,946 | — | — | $210K |
| 2020 | $26K | $28K | $22K | — | — | $205K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $250 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Nickerson (president); Lewis Ross (vice president); Jeffrey Gregory (treasurer); Liiana Hayes (secrtetary); David Fry (director); Mark Doane (director); Peter Weeks (director); Michael Cunningham (director); William Reashore (director); Paul Hayes (director); Michael Mitchell (director); Chantole Mitchell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Barrington Ground Search and Rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892615048RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.