PICTOU COUNTY VOLUNTEER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·PO BOX 1144 · TRENTON, NS · B0K 1X1·BN 889637542RR0001
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
100¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
1%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
1.8 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$62K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Pictou County Volunteer Ground Search and Rescue?
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Is Pictou County Volunteer Ground Search and Rescue a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 889637542RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Pictou County Volunteer Ground Search and Rescue located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is PO BOX 1144, TRENTON, NS, B0K 1X1. Source.
What does Pictou County Volunteer Ground Search and Rescue do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "This organization is a volunteer service to assist an agency of jurisdiction (police agency) to find lost people. The team provides training to volunteers to be able to locate lost people who may be despondent or have dementia autism or just have gotten misdirected while out hiking. Team members may also be…" Full program description.
How much of Pictou County Volunteer Ground Search and Rescue's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 100¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Pictou County Volunteer Ground Search and Rescue?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $62K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
This organization is a volunteer service to assist an agency of jurisdiction (police agency) to find lost people. The team provides training to volunteers to be able to locate lost people who may be despondent or have dementia autism or just have gotten misdirected while out hiking. Team members may also be involved in prevention programs like 'Hug-A-Tree' with AdventureSmart. Hug-A-Tree teaches children how to prevent getting lost and what to do if lost. Trained team members also service clients with Project Lifesaver of Nova Scotia which provides a transmitter bracelet to families who … Show more
This organization is a volunteer service to assist an agency of jurisdiction (police agency) to find lost people. The team provides training to volunteers to be able to locate lost people who may be despondent or have dementia autism or just have gotten misdirected while out hiking. Team members may also be involved in prevention programs like 'Hug-A-Tree' with AdventureSmart. Hug-A-Tree teaches children how to prevent getting lost and what to do if lost. Trained team members also service clients with Project Lifesaver of Nova Scotia which provides a transmitter bracelet to families who have loved ones that may bolt or wonder. This allows the client to be located using a electronic tracker by a Project Lifesaver trained GSAR technician. Our organization must recruit volunteers and train regularly for this work as well as maintain vehicles and equipment (computers radios gps etc) to do this work. They team also assists other teams in Nova Scotia when called upon by the Incident Commander (RCMP or police agency). Another mandate of GSAR is civil emergency response activated by Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office. This is not a new service but one that is being activated more due to climatic emergencies like hurricanes floods and fires. Our volunteers have helped out with Hurricane Dorian and Fiona as well as floods.
New programs
none at the moment.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
100¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 100¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 100¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
1%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
1.8 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$62K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)10%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
35%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
10%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
35%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
54%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $36K | — | — | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $38K | — | — | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $45K | — | — | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $53K | 97¢ | 3% | 2.6 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $58K | 98¢ | 2% | 2.2 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $62K | 100¢ | 1% | 1.8 yr |
| trend |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
15 directors reported · 15 of 15at arm's length
- SIMPKIN, PEGGY ETREASURER/DIRECTORarm's length
- WYNANDS, CHRISTENA RDIRECTORarm's length
- KILEY, RYAN GVICE PRESIDENTarm's length
- BEZANSON, JIMDIRECTORarm's length
- SANDFORD, DALE EDIRECTORarm's length
- WILSACK, DIANE FDIRECTORarm's length
- MACARTHUR, KYLE WPRESIDENTarm's length
- WALSH, ALLAN RDIRECTORarm's length
- CONNORS, TERRANCE DVICE-PRESIDENTarm's length
- SUTHERLAND, GORDON HDIRECTORarm's length
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- WILLIAMS, MIKE DDIRECTORarm's length
- MACLEAN, ANN WTREASURER-DIRECTORarm's length
- MARTIN, AMY DSECRETARY-DIRECTORarm's length
- MORRIS, BRADLEY SDIRECTORarm's length
- KIPPAX, JOSEPH RDIRECTORarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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