Water First Education and Training Inc.
Charitable organization · Creemore, Ontario · BN 838525269RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,107,109) as filed with the CRA.
Water First Education and Training Inc. is a charitable organization based in Creemore, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations, 21% from government, 20% from other charities. In 2024, 92 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.4M.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $6.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Water first addresses drinking water and environmental water challenges in indigenous communities in canada through education training and meaningful collaboration.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $5.1M | $4.1M | $571K | — | $5M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | $5M | $4.1M | $453K | — | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $3.7M | $3.1M | $261K | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $1.7M | $1.4M | $127K | — | $1.9M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.1M | $984K | $104K | — | $721K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2.4M from 92 charities:
- Canada Gives$356K
- Tachane Foundation Inc.$200K
- Canadahelps Canadon$189K
- Canadahelps Canadon$189K
- Vancouver Foundation$187K
- The J W McConnell Family Foundation$160K
- M.E.H. Foundation$150K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$119K
- Carthy Foundation$65K
- Aqueduct Foundation$61K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$61K
- The Peter Gilgan Foundation$50K
- The Counselling Foundation of Canada$50K
- In the Spirit Giving Foundation$50K
- The Milne Charitable Foundation$44K
- Shakerhill Foundation Inc.$41K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$40K
- The Chawkers foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$25K
- Arrell Family Foundation$25K
- Randstad Canada Charitable Foundation$25K
- Ward Family Foundation$25K
- The Dragonfly Fund$20K
- Harrison-Cooper Foundation$15K
- The Peterborough K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation$15K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$3.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Teza Lawrence (director); John Millar (executive director & secretary); Ian Heaps (director); Gary Pritchard (director); Leanne O'Brien (director); Polly Bobiwash (director); Bob McMahon (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Water First Education and Training Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838525269RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.