Chester Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Chester, Nova Scotia · BN 869568188RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($83,003) as filed with the CRA.
Chester Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Chester, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $173K in revenue and $83K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $13K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 84% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Ingomar-Roseway Fire Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $82K in 2020 to $173K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Providing volunteer fire fighting services training of volunteer staff in fire fighting duties. Budget for operations provided by provincial government
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $173K | $83K | $3,499 | $850 | $1,000 | $314K |
| 2023 | $135K | $70K | — | — | $100 | $199K |
| 2022 | $106K | $63K | — | — | $100 | $122K |
| 2021 | $83K | $56K | — | — | — | $79K |
| 2020 | $82K | $95K | — | — | $200 | $52K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $13K from 3 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,968
- Canada Gives$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Leo Chafe (treasurer); Cody Stevens (chief); Michael Conron (deputy chief).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chester Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869568188RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.