Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit Inc
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 137692372RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($110,354) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit Inc is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $153K in revenue and $110K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from government, 16% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $289.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
A dedicated group of approximately 30 volunteers who are an active unit of the canadian marine rescue auxiliary that work closely with the police fire department and the canadian cost guard. The organization is active in promoting water safety and performing water rescues on the waters of lake ontario and hamilton harbour.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $153K | $110K | $87K | $6,247 | — | $457K |
| 2023 | $378K | $301K | $263K | $7,153 | — | $415K |
| 2022 | $129K | $129K | $93K | $13K | — | $338K |
| 2021 | $117K | $94K | $64K | $6,797 | — | $339K |
| 2020 | $175K | $131K | $103K | $11K | — | $315K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $289 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Len Owen (chair); Ed Nowlan (director); Joe Fackleman (interim treasurer); Marc Duchane (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Beach Rescue Unit Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137692372RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.