The Port Hastings Volunteer Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · Port Hastings, Nova Scotia · BN 119251601RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($189,156) as filed with the CRA.
The Port Hastings Volunteer Fire Department is a charitable organization based in Port Hastings, 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 $305K in revenue and $189K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $3,008.
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 69% 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 $189K in 2020 to $305K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
In addition to servicing our immediate area with fire protection we will continue to provide mutual aid to our community fire departments. On going support for mva emergency response with vehicle extrication services on our local highways support to ehs and rcmp and department of natural resouces for forestry related fire response.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $305K | $189K | $175K | $8,451 | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $229K | $296K | — | $5,181 | — | $4M |
| 2022 | $145K | $171K | $3,000 | — | — | $3.9M |
| 2021 | $170K | $65K | — | — | — | $3.8M |
| 2020 | $189K | $112K | $11K | — | — | $3.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $3,008 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
James Cavanagh (chief); Kevin Rhynold (deputy chief); Ronald Beaton (truck captain); Evan Ryan (hose captain).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Port Hastings Volunteer Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119251601RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.