Esquimalt Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 847481082RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($430,896) as filed with the CRA.
Esquimalt Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $441K in revenue and $431K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,236.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 30 qualified donees totalling $73K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Victoria Hospitals Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1,538 in 2020 to $441K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
As part of the greater victoria core charitable association effcf supports the mustard seed bc professional firefighters burn fund terry fox foundation participation in various events for muscular dystrophy fundraising including the md boot drive lend support at tim horton's camp days mcdonald mchappy days and cfax santa's anonymous. We raise money annually through esquimalt ribfest with all monies going back to the community. We fund annual life safety swim lessons for students of macaulay elementary school sponsor esquimalt high school's annual basketball tournament and rugby academy…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $441K | $431K | — | — | $89K | — |
| 2023 | $350K | $294K | — | — | $83K | — |
| 2022 | $488K | $304K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $300K | $238K | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $1,538 | $49K | — | — | $46K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $73K to 30 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Victoria Hospitals Foundation$20K
- Esquimalt High School-Robotics$5,100
- James Bay Athletics Association$4,000
- Esquimalt High School-Rugby Tournament$3,500
- Esquimalt High School-JR/SR Girls Basketball$2,550
- Peers Victoria$2,500
- Rainbow Kitchen$2,500
- Neighbourhood House$2,500
- Esquimalt High School-JR/SR Girls Volleyball$2,400
- Westcoast Atheltics$2,289
- Township of Esquimalt$2,168
- Esquimalt High School-Athletics$2,000
- Esquimalt High School-JR/SR Boys Volleyball$2,000
- Esquimalt High School-Ceramincs Club$1,650
- Songhees Nation-Frank James$1,500
- Victoria Cougars Hockey$1,500
- Shoreline Middle School-Canoe Camp$1,500
- Royal Bay Lacrosse$1,350
- Momentum Volleyball Club$1,250
- Saanich Fire Charitable Foundation$1,100
- Special Olympics$1,000
- Royal Bay Sooke School District$1,000
- BC PFF-Burn Fund$1,000
- Ellia Brandwood-U18 Rugby$1,000
- Island Ignite Membership Society$1,000
Received $1,236 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott McMillan (president); Chris Buie (vice president); Chris Carragher (secretary/treasurer); Reed Macphail (director at large); Morgan Williams (director at large); Andrew Zado (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Esquimalt Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 847481082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.