Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada
Charitable organizationChristianity·13893 HIGHWAY 7 · GEORGETOWN, ON · L7G 4S4·BN 119288918RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-08-31
Cents to cause T1
93¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
7%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
9 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$155.6M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada?
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Is Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 119288918RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 13893 HIGHWAY 7, GEORGETOWN, ON, L7G 4S4. Source.
What does Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "'During the 2024 fiscal year Watch Tower Canada advanced the Christian religion practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada by: a) advancing public religious ministry and worship based on the Word of God that uplifts people mentally morally and physically; • Arranged and rented facilities for 60 annual…" Full program description.
How much of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 93¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $155.6M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $100M and over revenue band, alongside 360 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
'During the 2024 fiscal year Watch Tower Canada advanced the Christian religion practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada by: a) advancing public religious ministry and worship based on the Word of God that uplifts people mentally morally and physically; • Arranged and rented facilities for 60 annual conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses and interested persons held in 23 locations across Canada in 19 languages (American Sign Language Arabic Chinese Mandarin Chinese Cantonese English French Haitian Creole Quebec Sign Language Iloko Italian Korean Portuguese (Brazil) Punjabi S… Show more
'During the 2024 fiscal year Watch Tower Canada advanced the Christian religion practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada by: a) advancing public religious ministry and worship based on the Word of God that uplifts people mentally morally and physically; • Arranged and rented facilities for 60 annual conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses and interested persons held in 23 locations across Canada in 19 languages (American Sign Language Arabic Chinese Mandarin Chinese Cantonese English French Haitian Creole Quebec Sign Language Iloko Italian Korean Portuguese (Brazil) Punjabi Spanish Russian Swahili Tagalog Tamil Tigrinya) attended by 126 468 persons. The conventions are open to the public no admission is charged. b) printing importing distributing and exporting Bibles and Bible-based literature producing Bible-based multimedia content and translating the Bible-based message into various languages; • Printing 18 381 076 copies of The Watchtower magazine in 60 languages 10 571 531 copies of Awake! magazine in 53 languages and 176 369 298 Bible-based tracts in 109 languages which were distributed at no charge to congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses throughout Canada the United States the Caribbean Guyana and to cooperating charitable corporations in 7 countries; • Producing 10 videos for presentation to congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses and to the general public on the website jw.org • Producing 7 videos into Algonquin Blackfoot Cree Plains Cree West Swampy Mi'kmaq Northern Ojibwe Odawa c) providing materials supplies and other forms of support to victims of natural disasters or sudden catastrophes; • Hurricane Ian (Florida) – assisted 2 333 victims with necessities of life rebuilt or repaired 13 places of worship and repaired 416 private homes • Ukraine refugees – assisting 117 Ukraine refugees integrate into Canadian society including assistance with locating and securing accommodation work education and health benefits. d) providing for the needs of the World Wide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses Supported the religious ministry of 1 273 members of the Worldwide Order of Special Full-Time Servants of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
93¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 93¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 92¢ among those its size ($100M and over).
this charity 93¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
7%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
9 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($100M and over, 360): median 0.3 yr; 55% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$155.6M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)64%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
64%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
36%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | $80.7M | 97¢ | 3% | 0.1 yr |
| 2020-08-31 | $103.7M | 97¢ | 3% | 1 yr |
| 2021-08-31 | $151.4M | 95¢ | 5% | 3.8 yr |
| 2022-08-31 | $143.5M | 94¢ | 6% | 6.5 yr |
| 2023-08-31 | $142.2M | 93¢ | 7% | 6.8 yr |
| 2024-08-31 | $155.6M | 93¢ | 7% | 9 yr |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
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Overall rating
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Results reporting
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Demonstrated impact
★ T2 · Charity IntelligenceLow
Charity Intelligence's assessment of impact per dollar.
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Board of directors
10 directors reported · 10 of 10at arm's length
- Shewfelt, Warren CPresidentarm's length
- Trubyk, Walter AVice Presidentarm's length
- MacEwan, JohnSecretaryarm's length
- Jung, Rodney CDirectorarm's length
- Shewfelt, Warren CDirectorarm's length
- Trubyk, Walter ADirectorarm's length
- MacEwan, JohnDirectorarm's length
- Pratt, GrahamDirectorarm's length
- Pratt, GrahamTreasurerarm's length
- Cheung, Man KamDirectorarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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