Bulkley Valley Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Smithers, British Columbia · BN 891042947RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($276,129) as filed with the CRA.
Bulkley Valley Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Smithers, British Columbia, 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 $338K in revenue and $276K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 89% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,519.
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 9% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Bvsar provides ground search and rescue training and specialized small group training for authorized bvsar members. Search and rescue operations took place as well as door to door notifications during times of evacuation notifications and orders
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $338K | $276K | $142K | — | — | $907K |
| 2023 | $316K | $158K | — | — | — | $844K |
| 2022 | $92K | $24K | $24K | — | — | $687K |
| 2021 | $118K | $149K | $149K | — | — | $619K |
| 2020 | $235K | $101K | $101K | — | — | $651K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,519 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin David Ambrose (president); Colleen Atherton (board member); Brigitte Marie Helene Aubertin (training officer); Keegan Hofmann (treasurer); Maciej Jamrozik (secretary); John Johnson (board member); Jean Paul Labonte (safety sirector); Anastasia Ledwon (board member); Ryan Zapisocki (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bulkley Valley Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891042947RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.