Canadian Association on Water Quality
Charitable organization · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 889181848RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($28,677) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Association on Water Quality is a charitable organization based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $29K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 1,274 community-service charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
Provided assistance to iwa conferences expanded support for iwa and cawq and sponsors publishing the water quality research journal of canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $29K | $21K | — | — | $26K |
| 2023 | $26K | $46K | $32K | — | — | $39K |
| 2022 | $19K | $27K | $20K | — | — | $59K |
| 2021 | $24K | $41K | $33K | — | — | $68K |
| 2020 | $17K | $45K | $37K | — | — | $85K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$1,740
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pierre Berube (vice president); Hubert Cabana (treasurer); Bing Chen (vice president); Elsayed Elbeshbishy (past president); Mike Lywood (past president); Banu Ormeci (vice president); Kripa Singh (regional director); Rajesh Tyagi (regional director); Peter Vanrolleghem (vice president (eastern)); Baiyu (helen) Zhang (president); Bipro Dhar (regional director (west)); Patrick Drogui (regional director); Stephanie Gora (regional director-centra); Hadi Mokarizadeh (iwa ywp chair); Rachel Scholes (regional director (pac)); Mark Mathon (regional director (west)); Xiaying Xin (regional director (west)); Yves Comeau (regional director (east)).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Association on Water Quality’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889181848RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.