Association pour l'étude & la méditation du bouddhisme Vietnamien - Centre de méditation 'Dao Vien'
Charitable organization · Lantier, Quebec · BN 864505482RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($154,538) as filed with the CRA.
Association pour l'étude & la méditation du bouddhisme Vietnamien - Centre de méditation 'Dao Vien' is a charitable organization based in Lantier, Quebec, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $133K in revenue and $155K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $24.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
* tenue d'une cérémonie religieuse et deux à trois sessions de médiatation zen bouddhique par jour ; * célébration des cérémonies bouddhiques traditionnelles (3 fois/année) ; * retraites de groupe périodiques pour l'échange des connaissances l'aaprentissage et la pratique des enseignements du bouddha (dharma) ainsi que les principes du zen bouddhique vietnamien (1 fois/mois) ; * retraite individuelles pour la pratique intense du zen bouddhique vietnamien. * impression de livres sur le bouddhisme zen vietnamien et la méditation zen pour une distribution gratuite à toute personne intéress…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $133K | $155K | $147K | $1,545 | — | $620K |
| 2023 | $146K | $179K | $170K | $1,786 | — | $517K |
| 2022 | $185K | $221K | $210K | $2,208 | — | $542K |
| 2021 | $114K | $163K | $155K | $1,633 | — | $543K |
| 2020 | $108K | $107K | $102K | $1,070 | — | $550K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $24 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ngoc Hai Dao (président); Sara Pal (vice président); Bale Luong (secrétaire).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Association pour l'étude & la méditation du bouddhisme Vietnamien - Centre de méditation 'Dao Vien'’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 864505482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.