Princeton Ground Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Princeton, British Columbia · BN 875458812RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($99,834) as filed with the CRA.
Princeton Ground Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Princeton, 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 $125K in revenue and $100K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 58% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $400.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. 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 4 names.
In its own words
We provide Search & Rescue to the RCMP Ambulance Service PEP. Regional District and to any SARteams and districts that request our service. We also provide new training to new members and also provide advance training. We partake in the community showing the community what we do and to recruit new members.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $125K | $100K | $63K | $91 | — | $931K |
| 2023 | $122K | $95K | $55K | $322 | — | $902K |
| 2022 | $245K | $68K | $18K | — | — | $882K |
| 2021 | $94K | $64K | $54K | — | — | $701K |
| 2020 | $102K | $70K | $57K | — | — | $673K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $400 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chloe Belanger (training); Warren Williams (safety); Krystal Riopel (treasurer); Aaron Bayes (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Princeton Ground Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875458812RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.