Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue Association
Charitable organization · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 870018744RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($400,520) as filed with the CRA.
Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue Association is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $576K in revenue and $401K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations, 49% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $350K in 2020 to $576K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Assist the rcmp bc ambulance service and the bc coroner's office in search and rescue activities provide first aid and perform medical rescue and body recoveries. Provide support services for activities for community events provide outdoor education through the adventure smart program and provide assistance in for other emergency situations (floods evacuations etc.)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $576K | $401K | $354K | $3,605 | — | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $717K | $319K | $289K | $10K | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $407K | $233K | $223K | — | — | $941K |
| 2021 | $383K | $286K | $274K | — | — | $768K |
| 2020 | $350K | $237K | $224K | — | — | $670K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 9 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Canadahelps Canadon$31K
- Auxiliary Society for Comox Valley Healthcare$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,179
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,199
- Comox Valley Community Foundation$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$200
- Society of the Friends of Strathcona Park$100
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$88
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bronwen Beedle (treasurer); Desiree Leith (secretary); Rob McMath (director); Jon Unger (vice president); Darren Boss (president); Rich Swanson (director - training officer); Juanita Wells (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870018744RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.