Nanaimo Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 889840997RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($537,874) as filed with the CRA.
Nanaimo Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, 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 $252K in revenue and $538K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,875.
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 10 names.
In its own words
Volunteer search & rescue operations within the regional district of nanaimo as requested by tasking organizations as well as mutual aid to similar groups in the surrounding areas and throughout british columbia. Provide public awareness displays at various public functions and location.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $252K | $538K | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $321K | $398K | $366K | $60 | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | — | $404K | — | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $355K | $365K | $304K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $290K | $264K | $237K | — | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,875 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pamela Blaikie (treasurer); Jessica Henderson (director); Rick Morgan (director); Carly Trobridge (president); Grant Williamson (director); Wendy Gaskill (director); Cheryl Ann Kelly (director); Jennifer McAskill (vice-president); Erin O'Brien (director); Joanne Swain (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Nanaimo Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889840997RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.