Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Development Inc.
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 868987710RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,125,236) as filed with the CRA.
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Development Inc. is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16.5M in revenue and $12.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $453K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $12M in 2024, the largest being $11.7M to Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To receive maintain manage and invest funds and to apply from time to time all or part of the funds for the exclusive benefit of the general charitable purposes carried out by Bochasanwasi Shri Akshat Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc. ('BAPS Inc') and Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Charitable Properties Inc. ('BAPS Charitable Properties Inc.').
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.5M | $12.1M | $5,880 | — | $12M | $24.2M |
| 2023 | $19.7M | $13.5M | $0 | — | $13.3M | $19.8M |
| 2022 | $23.9M | $10.3M | — | — | $10.2M | $13.6M |
| 2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $5,877 |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $5,877 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12M to 2 qualified donees:
Received $453K from 8 charities:
- Shayona Charities Inc.$401K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$17K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$15K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,772
- Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$4,639
- Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc.$4,184
- Bhagwan Shree Lakshmi Narayan Dham$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sureshkumar Patel (president); Nareshroy Patel (director); Harish Patel (director); Mitesh Patel (treasurer); Dipakkumar Patel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Development Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 868987710RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.