Tatamagouche Voluntary Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia · BN 891443947RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($245,725) as filed with the CRA.
Tatamagouche Voluntary Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Tatamagouche, 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 $484K in revenue and $246K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,110.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 76% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 81% of that peer group. 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
The tatamagouche fire department is operated by volunteers and provides fire suppression and protection services to tatamagouche and surrounding communities. It also provides emergency first response and emergency services support to the community and fire prevention and and education to local schools daycare medical facilities seniors care facilities local businesses and the general public.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $484K | $246K | $231K | $352 | — | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $487K | $231K | $212K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $268K | $164K | $154K | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $490K | $144K | $137K | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $365K | $124K | $119K | $207 | — | $722K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,110 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Forbes (president); Peter Lockerby (vice president); Allyson Lockhead (secretary); Owen Lynds (member at large); Sara Forbes (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tatamagouche Voluntary Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891443947RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.