Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery
Charitable organization · Knutsford, British Columbia · BN 892635483RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($460,565) as filed with the CRA.
Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery is a charitable organization based in Knutsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, it reported $290K in revenue and $461K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 83% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $385K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 53% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
All programs provided free of charge according to theravada buddhist/thai forest tradition. Daily programs at the monastery teaching buddhist philosophy and meditation to residents and guests. Retreat centre for personal and group meditation retreats various teaching events and retreats in other cities in bc most frequently victoria vancouver and kelowna monastic visits and exchange programs buddhist publications made available for free distribution
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $290K | $461K | $419K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $613K | $386K | $47K | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $423K | $289K | $279K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $741K | $227K | $221K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2020 | $257K | $195K | $193K | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $385K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thomas West (president); Naruemon Teneralli (vice president); Teresa Wixted (secretary/treasurer); Hazel Plumbley (director); Leslie Hanrahan (director); Brent Styra (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892635483RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.