United Communities Fire Department
Publicly funded institution · MILL Village, Nova Scotia · BN 889361978RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($76,338) as filed with the CRA.
United Communities Fire Department is a charitable organization based in MILL Village, 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 $100K in revenue and $76K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $48.
Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 75% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Firefighting rescue ambulance and other emergency services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $100K | $76K | — | $4,807 | — | $162K |
| 2023 | $133K | $34K | — | — | — | $91K |
| 2022 | $129K | $107K | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $88K | $57K | — | $1,926 | — | — |
| 2020 | $122K | $161K | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $48 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Blackler (commissioner fire chief); Stephen Teal (commissioner treasurer); Richard Frier (commissioner); Christopher Tumblin (commissioner); Byron Aucoin (commissioner); William McConnell (commissioner); Wayne Smith (commissioner deputy chief); Barry Smith (commissioner); Gabe Schachtel (commissioner).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from United Communities Fire Department’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889361978RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.