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Swim Drink Fish Canada

Charitable organizationEnvironment·235 QUEENS QUAY W · TORONTO, ON · M5J 2G8·BN 862622750RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

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Cents to cause T1

76¢

of each dollar spent, to programs

Operating overhead T1

24%

typical range 5–35%

Reserves T1

0.1 yr

of program spending, in cash and investments

Revenue T1

$1.9M

not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)

— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures

Common questions

How do I donate to Swim Drink Fish Canada?

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Is Swim Drink Fish Canada a registered charity?

Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 862622750RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.

Where is Swim Drink Fish Canada located?

Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 235 QUEENS QUAY W, TORONTO, ON, M5J 2G8. Source.

What does Swim Drink Fish Canada do?

In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "1) Great Lakes Guide: Building a web platform to connect people to the Great Lakes and inspire a new generation of water guardians. 2) Swim Guide: Tracking water quality at over 8 000 beaches sharing daily water quality status updates in a smart phone app and website and publishing educational resources about…" Full program description.

How much of Swim Drink Fish Canada's spending goes to programs?T1

Per its F2024 T3010, 76¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.

How big is Swim Drink Fish Canada?T1

Its last-reported revenue was $1.9M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

1) Great Lakes Guide: Building a web platform to connect people to the Great Lakes and inspire a new generation of water guardians. 2) Swim Guide: Tracking water quality at over 8 000 beaches sharing daily water quality status updates in a smart phone app and website and publishing educational resources about swimmable waters 3) Recreational water quality monitoring 4) Watermark Project: A digital archive and website which collects stores and shares stories about Canadian relationships with water 5) The Great Lakes Communities Recreational Waters Monitoring Initiative: Develop and demonstr… Show more

1) Great Lakes Guide: Building a web platform to connect people to the Great Lakes and inspire a new generation of water guardians. 2) Swim Guide: Tracking water quality at over 8 000 beaches sharing daily water quality status updates in a smart phone app and website and publishing educational resources about swimmable waters 3) Recreational water quality monitoring 4) Watermark Project: A digital archive and website which collects stores and shares stories about Canadian relationships with water 5) The Great Lakes Communities Recreational Waters Monitoring Initiative: Develop and demonstrate a scalable sustainable model for ongoing water quality monitoring that addresses both western science and traditional ecological knowledge needs. Develop new citizen scientists increasing their knowledge and engagement in addressing Great Lakes issues while collecting useful water quality data. Hone best practices for communicating water quality results to the community quickly and reliably. Identify the communications technology infrastructure required to sustain these activities across the Great Lakes region including in First Nations communities. Engage the extended community in water literacy and other community engagement activities and events. 6) Blue Flag: An award program for environmentally-friendly beaches boats and marinas. 7) Biinaagami Project: Educator toolkits including a giant floor map of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence watershed embedded with AR storytelling and lesson plans. A large network of motivated people from across political boundaries who are taking responsibility to protect and restore the Great Lakes

Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗

Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)

From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

76¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 76¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).

this charity 76¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

24%

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.1 yr

Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.

Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$1.9M

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

16%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

8%

Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.

T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means

Where the money comes from

Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.

  • Receipted donationsT1

    16%

    T3010 4500 ÷ 4700

  • GovernmentT1

    8%

    T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700

  • Other revenueT1

    76%

    T3010 remainder ÷ 4700

Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

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Board of directors

9 directors reported · 9 of 9at arm's length

  • Mattson, MarkPresidentarm's length
  • Baichwal, JenniferBoard Memberarm's length
  • Lowe, KevinBoard Memberarm's length
  • Joyce, StevenBoard Memberarm's length
  • Gauthier, LyndaTreasurer and Vice Chairarm's length
  • Padulo, KathleenChairarm's length
  • Nagaraja, MadhuOfficerarm's length
  • Jimdar, CarolineOfficerarm's length
  • Charnetski, WilliamOfficerarm's length

From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗

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