Run for Water Foundation
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 829946037RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($120,030) as filed with the CRA.
Run for Water Foundation is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $88K in revenue and $120K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $16K.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $88K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Run for water foundation raises money for clean-water projects in remote third-world villages who do not currently have access to clean water.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $88K | $120K | $14K | $2,003 | $100K | $31K |
| 2023 | $309K | $323K | $69K | $9,847 | $225K | $63K |
| 2022 | $310K | $388K | $229K | $4,954 | $119K | $76K |
| 2021 | $600K | $679K | $240K | $11K | $411K | $151K |
| 2020 | $282K | $122K | $66K | $2,125 | $50K | $233K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $16K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$49K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jon Brandt (director); Jeremy Bensler (director); Mel Dick (director); Wayne Bremner (secretary); Lorne Owen (treasurer); Peter Wolfe (interim chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Run for Water Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829946037RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.