Arrow River Forest Hermitage
Charitable organization · Thunder Bay, Ontario · BN 119949774RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($81,016) as filed with the CRA.
Arrow River Forest Hermitage is a charitable organization based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $84K in revenue and $81K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 33% from donations, 57% from other charities. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $70K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
• Support the monastery and the monastic community. • Promote the teachings of the Buddha through spiritual guidance from the Abbot; weekly line online live dharma talk a talk at the centre and travelling to other communities; use of the library; spring book study; mindfulness days newsletter and website. • Videos on teachings are available on You Tube audio talks on the website. • The Abbot also provides mediation instructions and teachings by request • The centre is open every day: anyone can come visit for the day • Provide opportunity for a volunteer stewardship serving the h…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $84K | $81K | $73K | — | — | $202K |
| 2023 | $96K | $69K | $65K | — | $0 | $75K |
| 2022 | $87K | $67K | $63K | — | — | $171K |
| 2021 | $87K | $62K | $62K | — | $0 | $152K |
| 2020 | $77K | $69K | $66K | — | $0 | $128K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $70K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephanie Schmidt (president); David Wong (director); Loriann Smetaniuk (treasurer); Michael Dominskyj (director); Jack Carter (vice-president); Huyen Vu (secretary); Milena Collot (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arrow River Forest Hermitage’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119949774RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.