Castlegar Society for Search & Rescue
Publicly funded institution · Castlegar, British Columbia · BN 888157062RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($264,409) as filed with the CRA.
Castlegar Society for Search & Rescue is a charitable organization based in Castlegar, 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $188K in revenue and $264K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $297.
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 63% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 1 name.
In its own words
To provide emergency search and rescue services for missing or distressed in both wilderness and urban environments.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $188K | $264K | $239K | — | — | $187K |
| 2023 | $230K | $232K | $223K | — | — | $273K |
| 2022 | $325K | $251K | $240K | — | — | $263K |
| 2021 | $220K | $171K | $163K | — | — | $189K |
| 2020 | $167K | $137K | $129K | — | — | $140K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $297 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Gustavo Nobrega (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Castlegar Society for Search & Rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888157062RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.