Seven Communities Recreation and Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Guysborough County, Nova Scotia · BN 119146678RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($330,869) as filed with the CRA.
Seven Communities Recreation and Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Guysborough County, 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 $65K in revenue and $331K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $99.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $42K in 2020 to $65K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $65K | $331K | — | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $286K | $121K | $121K | — | — | $991K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | $516K |
| 2021 | $48K | $12K | $700 | — | — | $574K |
| 2020 | $42K | $27K | — | — | — | $280K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $99 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gorden Halfpenny (fire chief); Charles England (deputy chief); Charles Peters (deputy chief); Wade O'Halloran (truck captain); Sharri Browne (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Seven Communities Recreation and Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119146678RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.