Gulf Islands Marine Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Salt Spring Island, British Columbia · BN 883015596RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($103,569) as filed with the CRA.
Gulf Islands Marine Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Salt Spring Island, 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 $142K in revenue and $104K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $93K in 2020 to $142K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Training and coordination of marine rescue volunteers in the gulf islands.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $142K | $104K | $102K | — | — | $330K |
| 2023 | $130K | $109K | $107K | — | — | $292K |
| 2022 | $161K | $79K | $77K | — | — | $270K |
| 2021 | $85K | $95K | $93K | — | — | $188K |
| 2020 | $93K | $71K | $70K | — | — | $198K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Timothy Slaney (president); Heather Stone (treasurer); John Metzger (secretary); John De Bruyn (director); Mike Greenhalgh (board member); Susan Kronick (board member); Andrew Ross Colins (board member); Ken Squirrel (board member); Chris Welman (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Gulf Islands Marine Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 883015596RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.