Compassionlight Institute
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 803300482RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($62,341) as filed with the CRA.
Compassionlight Institute is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $94K in revenue and $62K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $9,000 in 2021, the largest being $9,000 to Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2,360 in 2020 to $94K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
Chanting and prostration; hold dharma lectures in buddhism weekly tradional culture and confucian seminars.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $94K | $62K | $61K | — | — | $46K |
| 2023 | $1,450 | $2,022 | $2,004 | — | — | -$572 |
| 2022 | $6,423 | $6,502 | $6,423 | — | — | -$478 |
| 2021 | $10K | $1,588 | $1,500 | — | — | -$896 |
| 2020 | $2,360 | $88 | — | — | — | $1,620 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Granted $9,000 to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peng Liu (president); Yongsheng Chen (executive director); Wanqin LI (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Compassionlight Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 803300482RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.