Pender Islands Fire Protection Society
Publicly funded institution · Pender Island, British Columbia · BN 863154472RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,057,663) as filed with the CRA.
Pender Islands Fire Protection Society is a charitable organization based in Pender Island, 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 $1.3M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $490.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 7% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Firefighting and medical first response operations by 35 firefighters and first responders. 31 support crew help with maintenance and operations. Rescue operations-embankment high angle rope auto extraction confined space. Emergency Operations Centre and Planning. Fire Prevention Program-lectures and demonstrations for schools and community societies displays at public functions attendance at the ferry terminal promoting fire smart properties and Fire Safety. Commercial fire inspection. Biennial Fire Camp for youth 15 -18 which includes six 24 hr days of basic fire training. LIVE fire tra…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $737K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $982K | $785K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $879K | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $1M | $1M | — | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $1M | $837K | — | — | — | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $490 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$767K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Marty Evans (director); Christa Grace-Warrick (secretary); Brent Marsden (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pender Islands Fire Protection Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863154472RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.