Chinese Circuit 1A of Jehovah's Witnesses
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 748013919RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($39,363) as filed with the CRA.
Chinese Circuit 1A of Jehovah's Witnesses is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2023, it reported $35K in revenue and $39K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 92% from other charities. In 2023, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $28K.
Compared with 14,056 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 77% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $14K in 2023, the largest being $14K to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada. 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 uplife 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, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $35K | $39K | $25K | — | $14K | — |
| 2022 | $20K | $24K | $23K | — | $920 | $4,347 |
| 2021 | $18K | $24K | $22K | — | $2,000 | $8,359 |
| 2020 | $24K | $30K | $26K | — | $4,203 | $14K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Granted $14K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $28K from 8 charities:
- Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada$10K
- Chinese Circuit 1B of Jehovah's Witnesses$8,801
- Westminster Cantonese Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Richmond British Columbia$2,200
- Cantonese Circuit 1 of Jehovah's Witnesses$2,152
- River Springs Mandarin Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Vancouver British Columbia$2,000
- Kitsilano Mandarin Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Vancouver British Columbia$1,661
- Chinese Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Victoria Britich Columbia$820
- Park Royal Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses Vancouver British Columbia$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
David Wang (assembly overseer); Junghoon Lee (assistant assembly overseer); Elliot Hamilton (accounts overseer).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinese Circuit 1A of Jehovah's Witnesses’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 748013919RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.