Sunshine Coast Marine Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Sechelt, British Columbia · BN 889509139RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($142,857) as filed with the CRA.
Sunshine Coast Marine Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Sechelt, 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 $82K in revenue and $143K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 7% from donations, 86% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
This charity supports the operation of the royal canadian marine search and rescue unit 12 by raising funds for the operation of a capital purchases for the unit. This unit works in conjunction with the canadian coast guard (pacific). The main unit goal is to save lives on the water and carry out this mission by responding to emergencies as they arise. We also promote water safety through vessel serveys children's programs and vessel checks.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $82K | $143K | $142K | — | — | $300K |
| 2023 | $201K | $29K | $955 | $1,433 | — | $366K |
| 2022 | $86K | $62K | $61K | — | — | $295K |
| 2021 | $82K | $19K | $19K | — | — | $297K |
| 2020 | $96K | $48K | $48K | — | — | $286K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Maddalozzo (president); Robin Merriott (director); Gordon Feenstra (treasurer); Tonya Ste. Marie (secretary); Erin Heeney (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sunshine Coast Marine Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889509139RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.