Columbia Valley Search and Rescue
Publicly funded institution · Invermere, British Columbia · BN 872749767RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($210,929) as filed with the CRA.
Columbia Valley Search and Rescue is a charitable organization based in Invermere, 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 $220K in revenue and $211K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government, 19% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $20K.
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 44% 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
Emergency management bc first responder for search and rescue services in the province. To support this ongoing training education and certification for all volunteer members. Maintenance repair replacement and aquisition of equipment required to support mandate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220K | $211K | $178K | $4,910 | — | $607K |
| 2023 | $365K | $175K | $135K | $17K | — | $598K |
| 2022 | $168K | $139K | $109K | $6,820 | — | $406K |
| 2021 | $34K | $53K | $49K | $1,808 | — | $377K |
| 2020 | $183K | $128K | $113K | $2,864 | — | $395K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $20K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Chaffey (president); Jamie Corpuz (secretary); Dave Hubbard (director); Nancy Loraas (treasurer); Andrew Brennan (vice-president); Roslyn Johnson (director); Ryley Bennett (director); Adrian Pery (director); Brodie Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Columbia Valley Search and Rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872749767RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.