Kentville Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Kentville, Nova Scotia · BN 118979889RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,329,414) as filed with the CRA.
Kentville Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Kentville, Nova Scotia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $299.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 43% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 92% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The department provides fire and rescue services to the response area. Major fundraising projects to support the department include: bar sales and auditorium rentals.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.3M | $1.2M | $21K | — | -$21K |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $649K | $6,904 | — | $4.7M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.1M | $1M | $9,497 | — | -$260K |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1M | $820K | $371 | — | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $1M | $750K | $18K | — | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $299 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$235K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mike Benjamin (officer); Andrew Chisolm (officer); Dylan Dauphinee (officer); Paul Dawson (officer); Krystal Downs (director); Ian Fairclough (director); Scott Hamilton (officer); Randy Hill (director); Justin Mackenzie (director); Brent Platt (director); Pat Ricketts (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kentville Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118979889RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.