Riverdale Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
Charitable organization · Medicine Hat, Alberta · BN 119120335RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,215) as filed with the CRA.
Riverdale Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses is a charitable organization based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $67K in revenue and $79K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 88% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $67K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $35K in 2024, the largest being $35K 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 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 | $67K | $79K | $44K | — | $35K | $859K |
| 2023 | $130K | $119K | $90K | — | $29K | $871K |
| 2022 | $67K | $52K | $25K | — | $27K | $889K |
| 2021 | $57K | $62K | $37K | — | $24K | $858K |
| 2020 | $60K | $45K | — | — | $19K | $863K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $35K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $67K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Wamsley (service overseer); Don Kasamba (secretary); Justin Eckstein (coordinator).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Riverdale Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119120335RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.