Blue Mountain and District Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Blue Mountain Pictou Co., Nova Scotia · BN 118811884RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($67,042) as filed with the CRA.
Blue Mountain and District Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Blue Mountain Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $134K in revenue and $67K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $72.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 90% of that peer group. 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 $81K in 2020 to $134K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Provides fire protection services to the blue mountain area of pictou county n.s
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $134K | $67K | $65K | $844 | — | $299K |
| 2023 | $161K | $54K | — | — | — | $232K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $49K | $37K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $81K | $81K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $72 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Greg Macdonald (chief); Kory Bell (past chief); Jason Macdonald (chairperson); Jarrett Jordan (training officer); Madison Ward (secretary / treasurer); Nancy Briggs (mfr training officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Blue Mountain and District Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118811884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.