Ottawa Volunteer Search and Rescue
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 890983299RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($114,332) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Volunteer Search and Rescue is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under protective health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $71K in revenue and $114K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,948.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $45K in 2020 to $71K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Serving western quebec and eastern ontario our mission is to reduce the frequency and severity of missing person incidents through the development and implmentation of effective search and rescue prevention and response programs. Programs include search and rescue operations and provision of awareness program. This includes public delivery of adventures smart courses as well as skills development for our members.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $71K | $114K | $92K | — | — | $97K |
| 2023 | $269K | $229K | $200K | — | — | $136K |
| 2022 | $93K | $56K | $10K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $93K | $108K | $31K | — | — | — |
| 2020 | $45K | $47K | $32K | — | — | $92K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,948 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kate (dong Pivoine) Van (director); Daniel Boulet (treasurer); Elisa Ferrarin Burgess (secretary); Courtney Wilson-Kwok (director); John Gancz (director); Dan Farris (director); Abraham Jabakhanji (director); Nathan Kwok (director); Sonia Vani (director); Julie Bazinet (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Volunteer Search and Rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890983299RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.