Dakinava Buddhist Educational and Cultural Society
Charitable organization · Mission, British Columbia · BN 893838060RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($584,808) as filed with the CRA.
Dakinava Buddhist Educational and Cultural Society is a charitable organization based in Mission, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $585K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. 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 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $600 in 2024, the largest being $600 to Po Lam Buddhist Association. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Daily practice in the morning and evening devotion service and meditation session sila recitation semi-monthly winter spring and summer retreat buddhist lectures and classes menshan kathina puja
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $585K | $584K | — | $600 | $17.3M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $380K | $377K | — | $3,000 | $15.2M |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $356K | $356K | — | — | $13.6M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $328K | $328K | — | — | $11.6M |
| 2020 | $2.8M | $402K | $384K | — | — | $9.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $600 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $17K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$68K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hsiu-Hui Lin (director); Man Ling (director); Yi-Ching Yu (director); Bei-Yau Chen (director); Honn Kao (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dakinava Buddhist Educational and Cultural Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893838060RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.