Buddhist Compassion Relief TZU CHI Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 137023685RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,325,992) as filed with the CRA.
Buddhist Compassion Relief TZU CHI Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.8M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to See Attached Listing (no Listing Attached). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $3.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to alleviate poverty among children youth the aged or persons suffering disabilities or medical conditions by providing basic amenities including food water clothing personal hygiene items and medicine. Advance education by - providing publicly available scholarships and bursaries to individuals who are deserving and/or in need to pursue secondary or post-secondary education and - providing public educational courses seminars and workshops for children and youth on chinese language and the ideology philosophy and practices of tzu chi. - establishing…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.8M | $1.3M | $938K | — | $318K | $44.6M |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | $234K | $35.9M |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $838K | — | $258K | $35.8M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.3M | $862K | — | $145K | $35.6M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $1.7M | $904K | — | $448K | $29.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
- See Attached Listing (no Listing Attached)$10K
Received $17K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Siew Bee Eng (president chair); Yang-Ho Cheng (secretary director); Chung Han Lu (director); Hsueh-Ching Hsieh (director); Pi-Yu Lin (director); Shyh-Ming Shyong (director); Wan Ui Miao (ceo and vice chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Buddhist Compassion Relief TZU CHI Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137023685RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.