Digby Volunteer Fire Department
Charitable organization · Digby, Nova Scotia · BN 118885425RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($193,786) as filed with the CRA.
Digby Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Digby, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $329K in revenue and $194K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 47% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,825.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 1% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $231 in 2024, the largest being $166 to Digby and Area Health Service Charitable Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $187K in 2020 to $329K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Fundraising for purchasing and maintaining fire fighting equipment
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $329K | $194K | — | $53K | $231 | $347K |
| 2023 | $240K | $283K | — | $30K | — | $212K |
| 2022 | $185K | $176K | — | $919 | $255 | $255K |
| 2021 | $112K | $108K | — | $811 | $92 | $246K |
| 2020 | $187K | $233K | — | $65K | — | $243K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $231 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $6,825 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ralph Cummings (president); Greg Vantassell (vice president); Stephen Savary (secretary); Richard Sabean (treasurer); Robert Morgan (chief); Adrien Leblanc (deputy chief).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Digby Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118885425RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.