Summerville and District Volunteer Fire Department Society
Publicly funded institution · Summerville, Nova Scotia · BN 108050634RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($286,846) as filed with the CRA.
Summerville and District Volunteer Fire Department Society is a charitable organization based in Summerville, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $259K in revenue and $287K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4,241.
Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Operated a volunteer fire department which includes fire fighting 911 emergency calls for fire medical and motor vehicle emergencies water rescue promoting fire prevention and training
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $259K | $287K | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $227K | $252K | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $195K | $256K | — | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $197K | $224K | $206K | $2,412 | — | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $247K | $295K | $256K | $22K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4,241 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Chris Spencer (fire chief); Gladys Sanford (treasurer); Andy DILL (duputy chief); Jody Dodge (secretary); Don Spencer (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Summerville and District Volunteer Fire Department Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108050634RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.