The Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety
Private foundation · Stratford, Ontario · BN 875300808RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($57,580) as filed with the CRA.
The Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety is a private foundation based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1,152 in revenue and $58K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $240.
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 75% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $5,040 in 2024, the largest being $5,040 to 'Camp Courage' The First Responder's Society. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $10K in 2020 to $1,152 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Contributes monies toward research education and general programs to promote water safety. Helps to fund the purchase of essential equipment to make the work of water related rescue and recovery teams safer and more effective.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,152 | $58K | $53K | — | $5,040 | $439K |
| 2023 | $265 | $35K | $35K | — | — | $495K |
| 2022 | $317 | $7,463 | $7,463 | — | — | $530K |
| 2021 | $550 | $5,559 | $559 | — | $5,000 | $537K |
| 2020 | $10K | $3,086 | $3,086 | — | — | $542K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5,040 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $240 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Loreena McKennitt (trustee); Warren McKennitt (trustee); Susan Abramovitch (trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875300808RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.