Cortes Island Fire-Fighting Association
Publicly funded institution · Mansons Landing, British Columbia · BN 140847922RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($493,370) as filed with the CRA.
Cortes Island Fire-Fighting Association is a charitable organization based in Mansons Landing, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $694K in revenue and $493K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 83% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,216.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $237K in 2020 to $694K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Provision of firefighting services to the residents of Cortes Island and the surrounding area. To preserve life property and the environment through training prevention and emergency response.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $694K | $493K | — | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $590K | $456K | $456K | — | — | $974K |
| 2022 | $212K | $292K | $263K | — | — | $840K |
| 2021 | $346K | $330K | $319K | — | — | $920K |
| 2020 | $237K | $222K | $199K | $0 | $0 | $905K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,216 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$202K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Walker (vice president); Chris Dragseth (secretary); Lisa Ferentinos (treasurer); Aaron Ellingsen (director); Sadhu Johnston (president); Mark Lombard (director); Sandy Hoffman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cortes Island Fire-Fighting Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140847922RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.