Elkford Search & Rescue
Publicly funded institution · Elkford, British Columbia · BN 857485999RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,352) as filed with the CRA.
Elkford Search & Rescue is a charitable organization based in Elkford, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $57K in revenue and $31K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 31% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,663.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $23K in 2022 to $57K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We provided ground search and rescue services six times during the reporting period. We continued to provide training: 23 training events for a total duration of 71 hours. Eighteen Active members contributed 985 hours doing administration training search and rescue operations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $57K | $31K | $20K | — | — | $227K |
| 2023 | $52K | $44K | $28K | — | — | $218K |
| 2022 | $23K | $18K | $5,843 | — | — | $210K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,663 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kevin Atherton (treasurer); Ian Finlayson (president); Allison Strasser (director); Alfie Kaye (director); Shepherd Madeleine (dirctor); Melanie Wagner (director); Marianne Stone (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Elkford Search & Rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857485999RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.