Dhammakaya International Meditation Society of B.C.
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 850430810RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($189,416) as filed with the CRA.
Dhammakaya International Meditation Society of B.C. is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $342K in revenue and $189K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $197K in 2020 to $342K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The major part of the program is to cultivate everyday people in society to do good deeds and practice mediation. On top of that in house buddist monks are devoted to train and educate public to perform proper medidation and to learn knowledge of buddhism. There are volunteers and monks involved with the daily operation. Volunteers are devoting their time to cook organize and clean up for the meetings and taking care of the premise public relation duties. They work 7 days a week.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $342K | $189K | $128K | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $285K | $205K | $130K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2022 | $301K | $170K | $119K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $778K | $115K | $82K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $197K | $89K | $55K | — | — | $772K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$61K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Phra Thapakorn Khamudom (trustee); Apsornsuda Kiatsilp (trustee); Polwat Nakalak (trustee); Phramaha Wirat Naeheng (president); Phra Thiti Santiyanon (trustee); Phramaha Sooksunti Trakarnratti (treasurer); Revadee Yampoin (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Dhammakaya International Meditation Society of B.C.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 850430810RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.