Iona Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Iona, Nova Scotia · BN 139423867RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($95,427) as filed with the CRA.
Iona Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Iona, Nova Scotia, 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 $121K in revenue and $95K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $405.
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 90% 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 $74K in 2020 to $121K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The charity carried out all the activities related to the operation of the iona vol. Fire dept.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $121K | $95K | $94K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $147K | $90K | $89K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $95K | $61K | $60K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $77K | $55K | $54K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $74K | $38K | $37K | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $405 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Colin Macneil (fire chief); Gregory Macneil (deputy fire chief); Brenda Macneil (secretary); Elizabeth Macneil (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Iona Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139423867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.