Nova Scotia · Registered charity
COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)
COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$9,092 to it, the largest being MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIA (C$7,494). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,881 community resource nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,881 community resource 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.
- The Dr. & Mrs. H. E. Christie Community Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Wentworth United Churchlocalportfolio match
- The W. B. Wells Heritage Foundationlocal
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 67% · 2018 54% · 2019 54% · 2020 33% · 2021 64% · 2022 55% · 2023 56% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell C$128 → C$105.
From the CRA filings of COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)’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
COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 61% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
82% of COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)'s grant income comes from Nova Scotia funders.
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.
- The Dr. & Mrs. H. E. Christie Community Foundationlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 9 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Wentworth United Churchlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The W. B. Wells Heritage FoundationlocalNS · funds 13 organizations near you
- Chatham Kent Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club Of Wellington Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Trans Canada trail / Sentier transcanadienportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Brian Todd Memorial Community Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Battle River Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- E K M Health Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- John M. & Bernice Parrott Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio 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 COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 80% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)
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.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)?
- COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$9,092 to it, the largest being MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIA (C$7,494). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$9,092 in grants to COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.), 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.)?
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIA is the largest funder on record, with C$7,494 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLCHESTER GROUND SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSOCIATION (E.M.O.) 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 5 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