South Cariboo Search & Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · 100 Mile House, British Columbia · BN 889215513RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($105,595) as filed with the CRA.
South Cariboo Search & Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in 100 Mile House, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $114K in revenue and $106K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $240.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
In its own words
SCSAR assits the RCMP to locate lost missing and overdue persons & rescue them from urban & wilderness environments. Also assist BCAS Coroners Service during emergencies. Fundraise to purchase equipment and training for our volunteers
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $114K | $106K | $106K | — | $0 | $54.4M |
| 2023 | $100K | $105K | $105K | — | $0 | $102K |
| 2022 | $124K | $113K | $113K | — | — | $139K |
| 2021 | $110K | $7,938 | — | — | — | $366K |
| 2020 | $91K | $155K | $153K | — | — | $355K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $240 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Cariboo Search & Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889215513RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.