Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 124376898RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($131,769) as filed with the CRA.
Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $180K in revenue and $132K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 42% from government. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $78K.
Compared with 730 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 91% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
24 hour response center service for search and rescue activities and 24 hour response line for missing person incidents. Also provides the lost in the woods child wilderness survival program and the project lifesaver program for those with dementia alzheimers autism or downs. Trains other agencies in project lifesaver responds to requests for assistance for wilderness missing person incidents and inland marine recoveries assist families with unresolved wilderness and underwater missing person incidents wander prevention and location programs for those with cognitive disorders prone to l…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $180K | $132K | $124K | $224 | — | $324K |
| 2023 | $142K | $127K | $122K | $117 | — | $277K |
| 2022 | $131K | $134K | $128K | $254 | — | $262K |
| 2021 | $128K | $121K | $114K | $210 | — | $264K |
| 2020 | $162K | $125K | $119K | $162 | — | $258K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $78K from 9 charities:
- Aqueduct Foundation$40K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$22K
- Allen & Loreen Van de Kerk Hove Family Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,854
- Vancity Community Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$512
- Raven Foundation$500
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$250
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$245
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Glen Redden (director); Steve Duifhuis (president); Nicole Utterson (director); Keith Rettinger (treasurer); Jonathan Perry (secretary); Arius Woytowich (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 124376898RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.