Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Fort Erie, Ontario · BN 803789064RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($354,140) as filed with the CRA.
Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Fort Erie, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $332K in revenue and $354K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $57K.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The charity operates a vedic school projects in bhopal india through its contracted agent the maharishi ved vigyan vishwa vidyapeetham charitable trust. Students between the ages of 14 and 25 live and study on campus receiving traditional instruction in the vedas vedic science sanskrit literature and classical vedic performance arts equipping them for their role as qualified vedic pandits.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $332K | $354K | — | — | — | $85K |
| 2023 | $304K | $260K | — | — | — | $111K |
| 2022 | $356K | $416K | — | — | — | $70K |
| 2021 | $397K | $341K | $306K | $7,200 | — | $131K |
| 2020 | $281K | $291K | $256K | $7,200 | — | $75K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $57K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Neil Paterson (chairman); Gregg Wilson (secretary); Mark McCooey (vice president); Donald Jackson (treasurer); Paul Potter (director); Harris Kaplan (director); Margaret Ann Vancik (director); Anne-Marieke Chu (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803789064RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.