West Chilcotin Search and Rescue Society
Publicly funded institution · Tatla Lake, British Columbia · BN 835742610RR0001 · Protective Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($99,835) as filed with the CRA.
West Chilcotin Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Tatla Lake, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. 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 October 31, 2024, it reported $128K in revenue and $100K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 60% from government, 26% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 739 health 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.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The society provides training to volunteers in first aid orientation outdoor survival and ground search and rescue techniques. They assist the rcmp bc ambulance service bc coroners service parks canada and the dept. Of national defence in emergency situations search and rescue of missing persons evidence search emergency evacuations body recover and first aid or as otherwise needed. The society promotes outdoor safety and education to local community members and to visitors in the area. They also assist other search and rescue groups in the bcsar as directed by the provincial emergen…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $128K | $100K | $95K | — | — | $251K |
| 2023 | $45K | $72K | $70K | — | — | $223K |
| 2022 | $59K | $76K | $72K | — | — | $250K |
| 2021 | $123K | $92K | $87K | — | — | $267K |
| 2020 | $98K | $61K | $58K | — | — | $236K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gerald Kirby (president); Doug Schuk (vice president); Anne Porter (treasurer); Sylvia Dyck (secretary/director); Chris Clutchey (director/training officer); Jade Dumas (director); Michal Smialowski (director); Christoph Gisler (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from West Chilcotin Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835742610RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.