Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom - Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 888434644RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($402,240) as filed with the CRA.
Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom - Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $402K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105.
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. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $481K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity operates two buddhist temples (toronto & nyc) to offer public buddhist services meditation courses and retreats buddhist studies and training program. Also the charity runs a rural retreat in upstate ny.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $402K | $382K | — | — | $13.8M |
| 2023 | $434K | $384K | $358K | — | — | $13.8M |
| 2022 | -$254K | $371K | $356K | — | — | $13.8M |
| 2021 | $333K | $376K | $361K | — | — | $14.4M |
| 2020 | $481K | $381K | $350K | — | $12K | $14.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $105 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$38K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jose Maria Castelao Camara (president/director); Jung-Soon Park (executive director); Timothy Niewold (director); Jeffrey Boland (director); Andrew Summerley (director/treasurer); Ed Keenan (director/secretary); Michael Costello (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom - Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888434644RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.