Whistler Search and Rescue Society
Charitable organization · Whistler, British Columbia · BN 885905497RR0001 · Protective Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($333,591) as filed with the CRA.
Whistler Search and Rescue Society is a charitable organization based in Whistler, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under protective health care. In its fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, it reported $473K in revenue and $334K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 54% from donations, 25% from government. In 2024, 16 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $267K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 94% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Community Foundation of Whistler. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $310K in 2020 to $473K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Whistler search and rescue society provides search and rescue services in the resort municipality of whistler bc and surrounding area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $473K | $334K | $170K | $444 | $100K | $919K |
| 2023 | $547K | $265K | $218K | $5,428 | — | $780K |
| 2022 | $393K | $391K | $231K | $2,670 | $120K | $497K |
| 2021 | $374K | $194K | $158K | $3,417 | — | $496K |
| 2020 | $310K | $350K | $296K | $9,882 | — | $315K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $267K from 16 charities:
- Community Foundation of Whistler$62K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Whistler Blackcomb Foundation Society$23K
- Goudge Family Foundation$18K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$15K
- The Victor & Anna Kern Foundation$10K
- Whistler Health CARE Foundation$9,448
- Raven Foundation$5,000
- JBS Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton Foundation$1,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$330
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$33
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Scott Aitken (director-at-large); Darragh Carroll (director-at-large); Anthony Del Bosco (director-at-large); Kerri Gamble (director-at-large); Drew Hetherington (director-at-large); Steve Leclair (director-at-large); Greg Newton (treasurer); Daren Romano (director-at-large); Brad Sills (president); Yvonne Thornton (director-at-large); Robert Withey (equipment officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Whistler Search and Rescue Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 885905497RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.