Ching Far Temple
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 120532783RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($101,114) as filed with the CRA.
Ching Far Temple is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $110K in revenue and $101K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $960.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $48K in 2024, the largest being $28K to The Mahayana Pure Land Temple. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Weekly buddhist services weekly buddhist lecture (suspended temporarily due to pandemic)
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $110K | $101K | $52K | — | $48K | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $109K | $92K | $51K | — | $39K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $106K | $75K | $35K | — | $39K | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $109K | $51K | $32K | — | $18K | $13.4M |
| 2020 | $104K | $48K | $31K | — | $17K | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $48K to 6 qualified donees:
- The Mahayana Pure Land Temple$28K
- Lotus Blooming Buddhist Charitable Foundation$10K
- Mui Kwok Buddhist Temple$5,000
- Buddhist Education Foundation for Canada$3,000
- Chan Buddhist Society of Canada$1,000
- Buddhist Dharmalaksana Society of Ontario$1,000
Received $960 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
May Lui (director treasurer); May Lui (president); Mee Ling Wong (director secretary); Fion Truong (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ching Far Temple’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 120532783RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.