One Drop Foundation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 853423192RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,146,715) as filed with the CRA.
One Drop Foundation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.8M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 12% from other charities. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $95K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 94% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 25 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $383K in 2024, the largest being $360K to Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Inc.. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $14.3M in 2020 to $4.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Soulager la pauvreté en améliorant la qualité de l’eau ou en faciliant l’accès à l’eau. -développer et offrir de l’enseignement relativement à des pratiques d’utilisation responsable ou de conservation de l’eau. -sensibiliser les personnes et les communautés aux enjeux de l’eau tant à l’échelle locale qu’a l’échelle internationale afin de les inciter à adopter des comportements ou les modifier de façon à ce que tous puissent bénéficier d’une eau saine en quantité suffissante aujourd’hui et demain
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.8M | $7.1M | $3.6M | $2.4M | $383K | $5.3M |
| 2023 | $6.4M | $6.7M | $3.5M | $2M | $540K | $7.1M |
| 2022 | $8.5M | $12.9M | $6.6M | $1.9M | $3.4M | $7.5M |
| 2021 | $8.8M | $13.3M | $9.2M | $2.2M | $803K | $11.5M |
| 2020 | $14.3M | $12.9M | $9.5M | $2.4M | $337K | $16.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $383K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $95K from 9 charities:
- Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal$56K
- The John Dobson Foundation$25K
- Fondation Famille François et Monique Bourgeo$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,990
- Aqueduct Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,636
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,198
- United Way of Calgary and Area$187
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$125
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions25
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Guy Laliberté (président); France Desmarais (vice-présidente); Robert Blain (administrateur); Jerry Nadal (administrateur); Kateri Da Silva (administrateur); Filippo Marchino (administrateur); Mark Smith (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from One Drop Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 853423192RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.