Central Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses St. John's Newfoundland
Charitable organization · Portugal Cove-ST Philips, Newfoundland and Labrador · BN 768619082RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($102,359) as filed with the CRA.
Central Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses St. John's Newfoundland is a charitable organization based in Portugal Cove-ST Philips, Newfoundland and Labrador, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $99K in revenue and $102K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 89% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $32K in 2020 to $99K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To assist the local unincorporated association of Jehovah's Witnesses in carrying out their religious objective of preaching the good news of God's Kingdom and promoting public religious worship designed to uplift Jehovah's Witnesses and any who attend their public meetings by means of moral and spiritual instruction based on God's Word the Bible.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $99K | $102K | $90K | — | $12K | $17K |
| 2023 | $35K | $38K | $24K | — | $14K | $20K |
| 2022 | $35K | $34K | $22K | — | $12K | $24K |
| 2021 | $29K | $32K | $17K | — | $15K | $22K |
| 2020 | $32K | $33K | $21K | — | $11K | $17K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $60K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Robert Thorne (coordinator of the body of eld); Sheldon Verch (secretary); Roy Stover (service overseer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Central Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses St. John's Newfoundland’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 768619082RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.