East Kootenay Regional Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Kimberley, British Columbia · BN 866381171RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($129,172) as filed with the CRA.
East Kootenay Regional Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Kimberley, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $139K in revenue and $129K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,258.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Support kimberley search and rescue by providing personnel training equipment and financial support. - primary role is to locate and rescue lost and injured persons. - support local authorites during mass casualty incidents and acts of nature. - promote search and rescue prevention through public out-reach and awareness programs such as the adventure smart and avalanche canada programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $139K | $129K | $124K | — | — | $175K |
| 2023 | $172K | $175K | $171K | — | — | $165K |
| 2022 | $176K | $150K | $146K | — | — | $168K |
| 2021 | $174K | $192K | $187K | — | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $135K | $128K | $125K | — | — | $160K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,258 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kamila Baranowska (director); Antje Bohm (director); Sherah Martin-Pretty (director); Adam Lazenby (director); Peter Reid (director); Thomas Spencer (director); Philipp Koch (director); Michel Roberge (director); Brynlee Thomas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from East Kootenay Regional Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866381171RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.