Ross Ferry Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Ross Ferry, Nova Scotia · BN 889840393RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($85,241) as filed with the CRA.
Ross Ferry Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Ross Ferry, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $129K in revenue and $85K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 9% from donations, 60% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,096.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 99% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $700 in 2024, the largest being $400 to Cape Breton Firefighters Burn Care Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $71K in 2020 to $129K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Provide medical & fire services to the surrounding communities training & outreach
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $129K | $85K | $83K | — | $85K | $500K |
| 2023 | $87K | $67K | $64K | — | $240 | $500K |
| 2022 | $62K | — | $55K | — | $400 | $500K |
| 2021 | $59K | $45K | $43K | — | $340 | $500K |
| 2020 | $71K | $117K | $116K | — | $350 | $527K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $700 to 4 qualified donees:
- Cape Breton Firefighters Burn Care Society$400
- Christmas Daddies$100
- Cape Breton Regional Hospital Foundation$100
- Critica Incident Stress Management Team$100
Received $2,096 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Dwayne Symes (chief); Michelle Symes (deputy chief); Harve Grant (secretary/director); Stanley Macdonald (chairman/director); Jody Macdonald (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ross Ferry Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889840393RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.