Dasmesh Punjabi Educational Association
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 118882588RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($8,123,750) as filed with the CRA.
Dasmesh Punjabi Educational Association is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $8.4M in revenue and $8.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 32% from donations, 59% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $500.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 74 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $200 in 2024, the largest being $200 to Paldi Khalsa Diwan Society.
In its own words
Operating primary middle and secondary schools teaching punjabi language preaching & teaching the value of sikh religion.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.4M | $8.1M | $6.4M | — | $200 | $18M |
| 2023 | $7M | $7.4M | $5.5M | — | $5,910 | $17.6M |
| 2022 | $6.6M | $6.6M | $5M | — | $2,000 | $17.9M |
| 2021 | $6.1M | $6.2M | $4.9M | — | $750 | $17.9M |
| 2020 | $5.6M | $4.9M | $4.3M | — | $1,350 | $17.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $200 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $500 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99960 positions
- $1–39,99914 positions
- Permanent full-time positions74
- Total compensation, all staff$5.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dasmesh Punjabi Educational Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118882588RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.