Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers Inc
Publicly funded institution · Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan · BN 873941645RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($422,680) as filed with the CRA.
Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers Inc is a charitable organization based in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $474K in revenue and $423K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,872.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $155K in 2020 to $474K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Provide search and rescue training and resources to prepare the volunteers to assist the RCMP in missing persons situations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $474K | $423K | $401K | — | — | $120K |
| 2023 | $423K | $441K | $421K | $26 | — | $68K |
| 2022 | $386K | $378K | $344K | $198 | — | $86K |
| 2021 | $54K | $88K | $78K | — | — | $76K |
| 2020 | $155K | $123K | $111K | — | — | $109K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,872 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bobbi-Jean Buchanan (president); Darren Horsman (secretary); Dustin Cometa (treasurer); Tracey LaGasse (director); Linda Mushanski (director); George Riffel (director); Dale Hintz (vice president); Lavan Thirukeetheesewaranathan (director); Dan Hardern (director); Scott Wright (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers Inc’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 873941645RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.