Berwick & District Volunteer Fire Department
Charitable organization · Berwick, Nova Scotia · BN 865275226RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,581) as filed with the CRA.
Berwick & District Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Berwick, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $276K in revenue and $28K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $885.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% 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 $68K in 2020 to $276K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $276K | $28K | $23K | $4,411 | — | $540K |
| 2023 | $232K | $53K | $46K | $5,643 | — | $436K |
| 2022 | $225K | $38K | $38K | — | — | $257K |
| 2021 | $69K | $13K | $13K | — | — | $134K |
| 2020 | $68K | $240K | $225K | $12K | — | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $885 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Richard Cousins (deputy chief); Joseph McGrath (treasurer); Luke Redden (chief); Orrin Smith (finance); Ralph Vanenhof (president); George Page (deputy chief).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Berwick & District Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865275226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.