Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue Association
Publicly funded institution · Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia · BN 838885226RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($49,144) as filed with the CRA.
Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue Association is a charitable organization based in Havre Boucher, 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 $31K in revenue and $49K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 74% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $3,856.
In its own words
24/7 on call to respond to search for lost individuals or police evidence as pen rcmp. Wellness checks during disasters hug a tree program training protect life saver n.s.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $31K | $49K | — | — | — | $103K |
| 2023 | $33K | $34K | — | — | — | $83K |
| 2022 | $37K | $40K | — | — | — | $78K |
| 2021 | $23K | $18K | — | — | — | $86K |
| 2020 | $34K | $15K | — | — | — | $86K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $3,856 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838885226RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.