Cowichan Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 865958953RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($153,401) as filed with the CRA.
Cowichan Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Duncan, British Columbia, 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $66K in revenue and $153K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,061.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $212K in 2020 to $66K in 2024.
In its own words
We provide volunteer search and rescue operations for lost stranded or injured people in the cowichan valley area and futher afield by way of mutual aid assistance on vancouver island. We provde assistance to civil agencies during emergencies or disaster including body recovery. Specialty teams are trained in swiftwater rescue high angle rope rescue tracking the first aid. We give support to functions put on by local organization to increase public awareness of our activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $66K | $153K | $153K | — | — | $458K |
| 2023 | $202K | $189K | $189K | — | — | $507K |
| 2022 | $252K | $159K | $159K | — | — | $497K |
| 2021 | $171K | $183K | $183K | — | — | $416K |
| 2020 | $212K | $334K | $334K | — | — | $501K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,061 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cowichan Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 865958953RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.