The British Columbia Search Dog Association
Publicly funded institution · Nanaimo, British Columbia · BN 859708331RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($195,167) as filed with the CRA.
The British Columbia Search Dog Association is a charitable organization based in Nanaimo, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $226K in revenue and $195K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 18% from donations, 75% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $79K.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $125K in 2020 to $226K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Bcsda holds semi-annual multi-day training camps in fall and spring for gsar dog teams in bc. Each camp provides training assessment and annual validation for approximately 32 civilian dog teams. We provide valuable assistance in local and provincial search and rescue operations in our home communities and province wide and respond to up to 90 deployments each year. Significant modification of delivery for programs necessitated in this year due to covid-19 protocol compliance however the organization still delivered its objectives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $226K | $195K | — | — | — | $226K |
| 2023 | $181K | $164K | $161K | — | — | $196K |
| 2022 | $143K | $134K | $131K | — | — | $178K |
| 2021 | $182K | $140K | $136K | — | — | $169K |
| 2020 | $125K | $48K | $45K | $0 | $0 | -$500 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $79K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carly Trobridge (director); Garry Mancell (director); Megan Kelly (director); Christopher Smith (director); Chris Brinnen (director); Joyce Tatersall (director); Vince Hilgerdenaar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The British Columbia Search Dog Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859708331RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.