Bridgewater Baptist Church
Charitable organization · Bridgewater, Nova Scotia · BN 829532985RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($617,235) as filed with the CRA.
Bridgewater Baptist Church is a charitable organization based in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $654K in revenue and $617K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,590.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $33K in 2024, the largest being $9,990 to Canadian Baptist Ministries. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Providing worship services spiritual teaching and support for attendees -provide training and teaching for children and youth through sunday school jr church vacation bible school and youth groups -provide assistance to those in need through benevolent fund inter-church food bank the sharing way and canadian baptist ministries -support local baptist assoication which runs a summer camp and provides chaplain service for local institutions -support missions through convention of atlantic baptist churches acadia divinity college crandall university union of french baptist churches and…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $654K | $617K | $353K | — | $33K | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $638K | $573K | $300K | — | $36K | $3.4M |
| 2022 | $618K | $568K | $313K | — | $17K | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $742K | $595K | $260K | — | $77K | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $610K | $659K | $273K | — | $74K | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $33K to 9 qualified donees:
- Canadian Baptist Ministries$9,990
- Crandall University Université Crandall$6,270
- Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada$5,000
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada$4,500
- Acadia Divinity College$2,750
- Lunenburg Queens United Baptist Camp Society$1,500
- Souls Harbour Rescue Mission$1,000
- Halifax Community Chaplaincy Society$850
- Bridgewater Inter-Church Food Bank$750
Received $2,590 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$254K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Susan Pettigrew (director); Jacqueline Milliken (director / secretary); Kathryn Archibald (director); Lee Fraser (director); David Mitchell (director); Sandra Porter-Lowe (director); Paul Rand (director); Stephanie Tidd (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bridgewater Baptist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829532985RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.