The Water School
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 859672792RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,164,792) as filed with the CRA.
The Water School is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 74% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.9M.
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 87% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Through implementing partners the water school runs programs focusing on health sanitation and clean water in various districts throughout uganda. Also the water school provide programs in uganda to reduce teenage pregnancy including supporting the education and life skills of young mothers. The waterschool has also created programs to provide basic neccessities of life including electricity internet and clean water.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $40K | — | $895K |
| 2023 | $4.5M | $4.2M | $4.2M | $32K | — | $90K |
| 2022 | $3.2M | $3.5M | $3.3M | $28K | — | -$129K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2M | $1.9M | $28K | — | $197K |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $25K | — | $80K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.9M from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Richard Lau (executive director); Tony Woodruff (african program director); Dave Ericson (chairman); Gregg McNair (board member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Water School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859672792RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.