Ontario Search and Rescue Volunteer Association
Publicly funded institution · Ilderton, Ontario · BN 869255349RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($555,054) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Search and Rescue Volunteer Association is a charitable organization based in Ilderton, Ontario, 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 $645K in revenue and $555K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 64% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $61K in 2020 to $645K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Conduct search and rescue courses including the supply of equipment and supplies for search and rescue teams in Ontario.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $645K | $555K | $134K | — | $369K | $184K |
| 2023 | $181K | $235K | $211K | — | — | $94K |
| 2022 | $403K | $313K | $273K | — | — | $147K |
| 2021 | $46K | $41K | $34K | — | — | $58K |
| 2020 | $61K | $53K | $53K | — | — | $55K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $16K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Darren Buck (treasurer); Jason Rennick (vice president); David Rowlinson (president); Tim Wheeler (director); Joseph Baker (director); John Gancz (treasurer secretary); Scott Walker (director); Bart Sherman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Search and Rescue Volunteer Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 869255349RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.