Ananda Marga Canada
Charitable organization · Etobicoke, Ontario · BN 889256640RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($69,985) as filed with the CRA.
Ananda Marga Canada is a charitable organization based in Etobicoke, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $19K in revenue and $70K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $29.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $42K in 2020 to $19K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Regular Dharma Cakra (Ananda Marga group meditation) continued in family homes across the Greater Toronto Area. Dada Dayashiilananda (Yao Daniel Konan) continued offering free Ananda Marga yoga and meditation classes at a university in Ottawa while Dada Parinirvanananda (Pramod Kumar Biswas) continued organizing free Ananda Marga philosophy classes in Toronto. Food distribution in downtown Toronto remained ongoing. During the summer visitors came to Ananda Kanak the monastic residence in Saint-André-Avellin Quebec (323 Rang Saint Louis). Dada Shiilabhadranananda (Mark Devine) facilitated A…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19K | $70K | $18K | — | $0 | -$78K |
| 2023 | $21K | $136K | $16K | — | $0 | -$28K |
| 2022 | $34K | $58K | $28K | — | $0 | $87K |
| 2021 | $43K | $43K | $39K | — | $0 | $111K |
| 2020 | $42K | $48K | $43K | — | $0 | $111K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $29 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Acarya Avadhuta (president); Didrik Bogason (secretary); Andrii Golovnia (director); Pramod Biswas (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ananda Marga Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 889256640RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.