Nova Scotia · Registered charity
WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT
WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$4,282 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY (C$2,320). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT 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.
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotiashared fundersportfolio match
- Lake Ainslie Presbyterian Churchlocal
- Westlock 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 88% · 2018 96% · 2019 71% · 2020 91% · 2021 71% · 2022 67% · 2023 68% · 2024 70%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 fell C$750 → C$422.
From the CRA filings of WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY 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
WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 78% — 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
72% of WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT'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.
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotiashared fundersportfolio matchNS · backs 22 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Lake Ainslie Presbyterian ChurchlocalNS · funds 5 organizations near you
- Westlock Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Stockfish Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Rotary Club of North Bay Ontario Canada Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Windsor Elms Village for Continuing Care Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- New Westminster Fire Fighters Charitable Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Interlake Community Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- E K M Health Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Whistler Rotary Club Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Services Committee of the Rotary Club of Grand Fallsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Delta Fire Fighters Charitable Societyportfolio 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 WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 70% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY 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
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT (Nova Scotia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$4,282 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY (C$2,320). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$4,282 in grants to WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT?
- UNITED WAY OF CAPE BRETON COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with C$2,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST BAY ROAD & DISTRICT VOLUNTARY FIRE DEPARTMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nova Scotia.
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