Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)
Charitable organization · Niagara Falls, Ontario · BN 848676987RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($129,628) as filed with the CRA.
Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada) is a charitable organization based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $160K in revenue and $130K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $64K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 62% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $2,001 in 2024, the largest being $2,001 to Chinmaya Mission Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $492K in 2020 to $160K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Conduct spiritual discourses on scriptures by resident acharya and visiting vedanta teachers (swamis/scharyas); -adult study groups - study and discuss vedic scriptures & commentaries; -conduct yoga & meditation sessions; teaching children & youth (ages 4 to 18) scriptures in accordance with vedic teachings; -conduct youth camps to impact vedic values to make them better individuals -volunteer program for street cleaning food drive to support local soup kitchen. -classes on classical dances (bharat natyam) in accordance with vedantic teachings. -field trips to other chinmaya mission ce…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $160K | $130K | $120K | — | $2,001 | $870K |
| 2023 | $141K | $119K | $85K | — | $26K | $839K |
| 2022 | $111K | $113K | $81K | — | $24K | $824K |
| 2021 | $159K | $182K | $63K | — | $111K | $826K |
| 2020 | $492K | $944K | $66K | — | $870K | $850K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,001 to 1 qualified donee:
- Chinmaya Mission Toronto$2,001
Received $64K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$25K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kamal Sarin (secretary/director); Krishan Sarin (treasurer/director); Sudesh Gupta (director); Sarita Jain (director); Madhav Khurana (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 848676987RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.