Shuswap Lifeboat Society
Publicly funded institution · Sicamous, British Columbia · BN 841732886RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($159,335) as filed with the CRA.
Shuswap Lifeboat Society is a charitable organization based in Sicamous, British Columbia, 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $240K in revenue and $159K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $596.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers. 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 $124K in 2020 to $240K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Mission: saving lives on the water provide search & rescue services on shuswap & mara lakes. Promote water safety through public education and training. Personal floatation device (pdf) loaner kiosks located throughout the shuswap lakes as well as installation of life ring stations at public beaches and marine parks. School education program for grade 2 and 3 students in school district 83. Public event displays voluntary boating safety checks radio and newspaper ads in the spring summer and fall promoting water safety. Advertising in 'visitor information' annual publication about dial 9-1…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $240K | $159K | $153K | — | — | $636K |
| 2023 | $223K | $146K | $138K | $0 | $0 | $598K |
| 2022 | $472K | $180K | $172K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $174K | $190K | $111K | $0 | $0 | $598K |
| 2020 | $124K | $179K | $176K | — | — | $600K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $596 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Bruce Weicker (president); Patrick Gau (vice president); Marie Gray (treasurer); Astri Langford (secretary); Tamara Landsing (director); Norma Leslie (director); David Witt (director); Scott Gray (director); Clay Eastland (director); Linda Byrnell (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shuswap Lifeboat Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841732886RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.