Riverside United Church
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107898470RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($397,720) as filed with the CRA.
Riverside United Church is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $375K in revenue and $398K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $21K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 52% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $28K to The United Church of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $231K in 2020 to $375K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
As a congregation of The United Church of Canada we carried out programs of worship pastoral care Christian education and outreach. We worked with the Jamaican community in Ottawa to raise funds to help support a Basic School and a Nursing Program in Providence Jamaica. There is also a continuing involvement with the Syrian Refuge sponsorship program. The congregation worked with other community organizations to establish a Food Cupboard for the neighborhood. The Brookfield Community Food Cupboard was opened on May 1 2024. The Food Cupboard is open on Wednesday from 3:00 to 8:00 PM. The av…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $375K | $398K | $317K | $0 | $43K | $709K |
| 2023 | $366K | $374K | $301K | $0 | $38K | $940K |
| 2022 | $349K | $292K | $257K | $0 | $6,087 | $1.1M |
| 2021 | $355K | $306K | $258K | $0 | $35K | $912K |
| 2020 | $231K | $220K | — | — | $28K | $556K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $21K from 6 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
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$224K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charles Barrett (trustee); Heather Smith (trustee); David Bell (trustee); Wendy Graham (trustee); Richard Williams (trustee); Ken Smith (treasurer); Elizabeth Cameron (trustee); Shirley Andrews (trustee); Robert Christy (chair of council).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Riverside United Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107898470RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.