South Fraser Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891080186RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($292,578) as filed with the CRA.
South Fraser Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $202K in revenue and $293K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6,455.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% 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 $321K in 2020 to $202K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
South Fraser Search and Rescue provides volunteer emergency response services as recognized by the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness. Our primary response area covers Delta Richmond Surrey and White Rock BC however our volunteers are trained to a professional standard to respond anywhere within British Columbia as required. We are well regarded as the team with the resources and equipment to successfully manage a large search incident. In the past fiscal year we responded to over 45 unique emergency response incidents for missing and/or injured persons. Additionally …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $202K | $293K | $151K | $3,184 | $0 | $796K |
| 2023 | $314K | $258K | $249K | $0 | — | $885K |
| 2022 | $219K | $288K | $286K | $0 | $0 | $744K |
| 2021 | $350K | $339K | $337K | $37 | $0 | $813K |
| 2020 | $321K | $181K | $174K | $216 | — | $802K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6,455 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Donnie Burgess (director at large); James Longley (director at large); Charlotte Bleuer (director at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Fraser Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891080186RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.