The River Fellowship
Charitable organization · Langley, British Columbia · BN 856050257RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($227,534) as filed with the CRA.
The River Fellowship is a charitable organization based in Langley, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $200K in revenue and $228K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $8,003.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 45% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $13K to The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada/les Assemblees de la Pentecote du Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $340K in 2020 to $200K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The church provides programs for men women including ladies discipleship group youth and children. The church provides spiritual bible teaching and training programs ministry training and equipping and provides community outreach programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $200K | $228K | $171K | $499 | $29K | $14K |
| 2023 | $232K | $250K | $191K | $1,290 | $23K | $42K |
| 2022 | $224K | $221K | $170K | $0 | $23K | $60K |
| 2021 | $236K | $273K | $210K | — | $25K | $58K |
| 2020 | $340K | $328K | $255K | — | $38K | $92K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $8,003 from 2 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,477
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,526
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$146K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paul Hughes (director); Brian Weir (director); Heidi Hughes (director); Ragan Ng (director); Tim Philpott (director); Keith Pyron (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The River Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856050257RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.