Nova Scotia · Registered charity
KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$5,179 to it, the largest being RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION (C$2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 26 protective health care nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 26 protective health care nonprofits $1M–$10M, 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 Rotary Clubs of Kings County Charitable Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- E K M Health Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Chatham Kent Community Foundationportfolio match
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 93% · 2018 88% · 2019 91% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 88% · 2023 83% · 2024 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (5% 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose C$95 → C$2k.
From the CRA filings of KENTVILLE 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
KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2022 93% · 2023 94% — 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
KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Nova Scotia, across 3 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.
- The Rotary Clubs of Kings County Charitable Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchNS · backs 5 organizations that share your funders · funds 12 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- E K M Health Foundationlocalportfolio matchNS · funds 15 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Chatham Kent Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Howard J. Rees Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mount Zion Presbyterian Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kenora & Lake of the Woods Regional Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McGeachy Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Elkhorn & Area Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rotary Club of Chatham Service Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ross W McNeil Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Kinsmen Club of Lindsay Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canadashared fundersNB · backs 3 organizations that share your funders
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 KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 87% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like KENTVILLE 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$5,179 to it, the largest being RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION (C$2,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$5,179 in grants to KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KENTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- RBC FOUNDATION/RBC FONDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KENTVILLE 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 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