The Lunenburg County Ground Search and Rescue Team
Publicly funded institution · Bridgewater, Nova Scotia · BN 131983041RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($43,862) as filed with the CRA.
The Lunenburg County Ground Search and Rescue Team is a charitable organization based in Bridgewater, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $28K in revenue and $44K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $95.
Compared with 163 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 filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Searching for lost or missing persons in lunenburg county and other counties in nova scotia when requested. Responding to civil emergencies (floods hurricanes etc.) providing education programs to children youth & adults as to what to do if they become lost.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28K | $44K | $44K | — | — | $460K |
| 2023 | $43K | $24K | $24K | — | — | $513K |
| 2022 | $39K | $27K | $27K | — | — | $456K |
| 2021 | $24K | $11K | $11K | — | — | $430K |
| 2020 | $27K | $19K | $19K | — | — | $432K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Received $95 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Gray (president); Amanda Rafuse (vice president); Gerald Hannam (communications); Greig Velnot (secretary); Sherry Veint (treasurer); Gloria Nauss (logistics); Wayne Fiddes (asst. search director); Kerry Gallant (asst. search director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Lunenburg County Ground Search and Rescue Team’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 131983041RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.