The Fire Protection Commissioners for the District of Martin's River
Publicly funded institution · Martin's River, Nova Scotia · BN 135139277RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($211,669) as filed with the CRA.
The Fire Protection Commissioners for the District of Martin's River is a charitable organization based in Martin's River, Nova Scotia, 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 $246K in revenue and $212K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations, 79% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
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 80% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
In its own words
Provides residents of martin's river and the narrows with fire protection and emergency first aid funding to support a facility to house fire equipment fund raising and community events. Facility also provides a location as a registered comfort station.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $246K | $212K | $202K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $230K | $177K | $168K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $238K | $155K | $149K | — | — | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $233K | $116K | $114K | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2020 | $186K | $117K | $94K | — | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Fire Protection Commissioners for the District of Martin's River’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135139277RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.