Changchub Buddhist Church
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 814919163RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($90,365) as filed with the CRA.
Changchub Buddhist Church is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $215K in revenue and $90K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 27% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $515K in 2020 to $215K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Daily morning and evening chants every wednesday morning mindfulness meditation weekdays from 5-6pm mindfulness meditation weekly one or more classes on buddhist topics vajrayana practices including feast practice bi-weekly observance of monastic poshada ceremony weekly meditation instruction and talks for new meditators more info on our website: www.kccl.ca
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $215K | $90K | $55K | $0 | $108 | $1.1M |
| 2023 | $175K | $102K | $70K | — | $2,700 | $970K |
| 2022 | $167K | $100K | $96K | — | — | $897K |
| 2021 | $353K | $113K | $108K | — | $1,000 | $830K |
| 2020 | $515K | $78K | $73K | — | — | $590K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $10K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jurgen Balzer (president); Saskia Bleijendaal (treasurer); Cathleen Corr (secretary); Ronald Stubbert (vice president); Kelly Brown (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Changchub Buddhist Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814919163RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.