Chinmaya Mission Toronto
Charitable organization · Brampton, Ontario · BN 118853456RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($376,058) as filed with the CRA.
Chinmaya Mission Toronto is a charitable organization based in Brampton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $461K in revenue and $376K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from donations. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $35K.
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 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Canadian Friends of Guyana Ashram. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $295K in 2020 to $461K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
The objective of the mission is to promote foster and encourage the dissemination of knowledge about the hindu philosophy of vedanata through the organization of study groups classes seminars and lectures.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $461K | $376K | — | — | — | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $421K | $338K | $304K | — | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $382K | $223K | $190K | — | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $299K | $292K | $239K | — | — | $4.8M |
| 2020 | $295K | $305K | $271K | — | — | $4.8M |
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:
- Canadian Friends of Guyana Ashram$10K
Received $35K from 9 charities:
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$14K
- Canadahelps Canadon$13K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,209
- Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)$2,001
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,730
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$570
- Subhash and Promila Jhamb Foundation$500
- BenefAction Foundation$250
- United Way of Greater Toronto$26
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$20K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vinod Gandhi (president); Vikash Jain (vice president); Babita Ohm (secretary); Sunil Vijh (treasurer); Tina Mehta (director festivals); Umesh Rao (director-special project); Kanchan Tripathi (director puplication); Bhavanesh Tanna (director communication); Jay Majithia (director children's education); Wagish Yajaman (director health and safety); Sandeep Kher (director facility management); Swamini Shivapriyananda (head sewak).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chinmaya Mission Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118853456RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.