Arsha Vidya Ontario
Charitable organization · Richmond Hill, Ontario · BN 887096287RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($16,276) as filed with the CRA.
Arsha Vidya Ontario is a charitable organization based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $53K in revenue and $16K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 56% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,231.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,700 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Voice of the Vedas Cultural Sabha Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $28K in 2020 to $53K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Weekly classes in vedanta and sanskrit language. Talks by guest speakers. Teaching is done by resident teachers and sponsoring visiting faculties of teachers to canada. Financial support for vedanta publications (printed in arsha vidya pitham centre for studies in vedanta and sanskrit in syalorsburg pa. Usa)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $53K | $16K | $11K | $640 | $1,700 | $220K |
| 2023 | $42K | $34K | $31K | — | — | $183K |
| 2022 | $54K | $22K | $19K | — | — | $176K |
| 2021 | $30K | $8,139 | $4,871 | — | — | $143K |
| 2020 | $28K | $5,910 | $4,700 | — | $0 | $121K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,700 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $1,231 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Purti Papneja (vice-president director); Atul Dave (director); Terry Papneja (director secretary); Rajesh Patel (director treasurer); Sangeeta Bajaj (president); Bhairavi Shankar (director); Shekar Prema (vice president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arsha Vidya Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887096287RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.