Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Salmon Arm, British Columbia · BN 872756044RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($236,599) as filed with the CRA.
Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Salmon Arm, 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $215K in revenue and $237K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,446.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $346K in 2020 to $215K in 2024.
In its own words
Search and rescue of lost or injured persons within the group's coverage area on and around shuswap lake and vicinity. Assist rcmp and bc ambulance with emergency tasks. Provide mutual aid to other search and rescue groups. Provide information and training to the general public for outdoor safety awareness. Assist casara (civil aviation search and rescue association) as spotters on searches conducted from aircraft.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215K | $237K | $220K | $6,776 | — | $674K |
| 2023 | $256K | $219K | $199K | $6,716 | — | $697K |
| 2022 | $241K | $210K | $194K | $4,202 | — | $645K |
| 2021 | $234K | $217K | $200K | $1,593 | — | $614K |
| 2020 | $346K | $237K | $225K | $7,158 | — | $594K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $8,446 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872756044RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.