Sea Shore Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Bickerton West, Nova Scotia · BN 131575557RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($197,592) as filed with the CRA.
Sea Shore Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Bickerton West, 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 January 31, 2024, it reported $210K in revenue and $198K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,160.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 81% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $98K in 2020 to $210K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To provide fire fighting to the residents of port bickerton fisherman's harbour harperville and surrounding areas in the district of st.mary's nova scotia. To aquire and maintain fire fighting equipment and fire station. To maintain and undertake programs in the area of fire prevention and fire fighting training
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $210K | $198K | — | $5,079 | — | $631K |
| 2023 | $56K | $43K | $43K | — | — | $678K |
| 2022 | $52K | $28K | $28K | — | — | $666K |
| 2021 | $39K | $27K | $27K | — | — | $642K |
| 2020 | $98K | $38K | $38K | — | — | $630K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $1,160 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sandy Jack (vice president); Doug Acker (secretary); Anthony Kaiser (president); Mandy Bingley (treasurer); Gary Mansfield (fire chief).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sea Shore Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131575557RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.