Edmonton Buddhist Research Institute
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 876795675RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,064,196) as filed with the CRA.
Edmonton Buddhist Research Institute is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $15.4M in revenue and $9.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 32% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 51 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.7M in 2020 to $15.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Organizing instruction sessions for monks and nuns; organizing charity activities; senior support and learning programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15.4M | $9.1M | $8.6M | — | — | $52.1M |
| 2023 | $12.9M | $8.1M | $1.3M | — | — | $45.7M |
| 2022 | $11.5M | $7M | $1.2M | — | $500 | $40.8M |
| 2021 | $10.5M | $7.5M | $1.9M | — | $547K | $36.3M |
| 2020 | $9.7M | $6.9M | $1.4M | — | $385K | $33.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions51
- Total compensation, all staff$5.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Thanh Kim (president); Peter Trang Tang (vice president external af); Hang Vinh (treasurer); Toan Thanh Huynh (secretary); Lawrence Hua (director-department of y); Nhung To (director-department of s); Kiet Chiem (director-department of or); Michael Nguyen (vice president internal aff); Andy Truong (department of planning af).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Edmonton Buddhist Research Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 876795675RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.