Nova Scotia · Registered charity
BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,477 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$3,030). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 158 protective health care nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 158 protective health care nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- E K M Health Foundationlocalportfolio match
- The Rotary Clubs of Kings County Charitable Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Hall's Harbour Baptist Churchlocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 14% · 2018 13% · 2019 7% · 2020 32% · 2021 0% · 2022 13% · 2023 4% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose C$500 → C$673.
From the CRA filings of BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 53% · 2022 94% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- E K M Health Foundationlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 10 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Rotary Clubs of Kings County Charitable Foundationlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Hall's Harbour Baptist ChurchlocalNS · funds 5 organizations near you
- Brian Todd Memorial Community Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Battle River Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Westlock Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wentworth United Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dauphin & District Community Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Beautiful Plains Community Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Admiral Murray Naval Assoc. Bursary Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ottawa Valley Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government revenue BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 4% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Nova Scotia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Questions and answers
- Who funds BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,477 to it, the largest being Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne (C$3,030). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 3 organizations giving C$3,477 in grants to BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne is the largest funder on record, with C$3,030 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BERWICK & DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register