The Groundwater Project
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 764978532RR0001 · Research · website
No spending breakdown could be derived from this charity’s most recent filing — the receipt can’t be printed. The figures it did file are below.
The Groundwater Project is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under research. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $247K in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $44K in 2021 to $247K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The groundwater project (gw-project) is a volunteer-based charitable non-profit organisation (ngo) registered in canada and global in scope. It is committed to the advancement of groundwater understanding and awareness by creating high quality groundwater learning materials (books modules videos) in many languages made available for free download and use from its website. Materials are translated in many languages with 57 underway at present. The gw-project manages key activities with a small staff and the support of a board of directors and relies on over 1 000 volunteers (authors review…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $247K | — | — | — | — | $55K |
| 2023 | $110K | $101K | — | — | — | $14K |
| 2022 | $44K | $43K | — | — | — | $5,081 |
| 2021 | $44K | $24K | — | — | — | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$122K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Cherry (project leader); Eileen Poeter (secretary); Everton Deoliveira (executive); Ineke Kalwij (treasurer); Jackson Richard (executive); Renee Martin Nagle (executive); Gabriel Eckstein (executive); Marco Petitta (executive); Shafick Adams (executive).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Groundwater Project’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 764978532RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.