The Comox Valley Marine Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Courtenay, British Columbia · BN 119228062RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,344) as filed with the CRA.
The Comox Valley Marine Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Courtenay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $166K in revenue and $137K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 6% from donations, 82% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,523.
Compared with 1,147 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $105K in 2020 to $166K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Support of unit #60 of the coast guard auxiliary through administration and fund raising.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $166K | $137K | $130K | — | — | $573K |
| 2023 | $123K | $137K | $131K | $256 | $0 | $544K |
| 2022 | $118K | $122K | $118K | $0 | $0 | $557K |
| 2021 | $84K | $130K | $125K | $0 | $0 | $562K |
| 2020 | $105K | $155K | $151K | — | — | $608K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $9,523 from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peter Bolton; Curt Hansen; Roch Massicotte; David Mellin; Tony Pisto; Alex Wile.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Comox Valley Marine Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119228062RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.