Sheet Harbour & Area Ground Search & Rescue
Publicly funded institution · Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia · BN 894199504RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($60,167) as filed with the CRA.
Sheet Harbour & Area Ground Search & Rescue is a charitable organization based in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $79K in revenue and $60K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 36% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 80% of that peer group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The sheet harbour and area ground search and rescue has been providing it's services for over 40 years. It hs a rich background of dedicated volunteers who provide a professional emergency services to those missing persons in need of our services. At present we have 40 members who put in approximately 6939 hours to carry our mandate.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $79K | $60K | $50K | $9,294 | — | $316K |
| 2023 | $81K | $99K | $91K | $3,236 | — | $298K |
| 2022 | $62K | $52K | $50K | $502 | — | $316K |
| 2021 | $60K | $56K | $52K | $2,956 | — | $63K |
| 2020 | $57K | $49K | $46K | — | — | $329K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Richard Parnell (president); Reginald Russell (vice president); Sue Henry (director ways and means); Glen Boutilier (director of training); Wade Boutlier (director of supply & services); Jack Marshall (director of communications); Dawn Howe-Power (secretary); Glen Malay (treasurer); Rick Lowe (safety officer); Jeff Currie (director of transportation).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sheet Harbour & Area Ground Search & Rescue’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 894199504RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.