Fondation Vipassana de l'Est du Canada/eastern Canada Vipassana Foundation
Charitable organization · Notre-Dame-De-Bonsecour, Quebec · BN 890835176RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,067,474) as filed with the CRA.
Fondation Vipassana de l'Est du Canada/eastern Canada Vipassana Foundation is a charitable organization based in Notre-Dame-De-Bonsecour, Quebec, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 632 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $642K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Janvier à décembre 2024 36 cours pour 3336 participants et 483 bénévoles
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $1M | $877K | $869K | — | — | $2.8M |
| 2022 | $994K | $661K | $655K | $1,072 | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $538K | $458K | $452K | $1,072 | — | $1.5M |
| 2020 | $642K | $570K | $559K | $1,290 | — | $2.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $25K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$202K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Carole Garceau (tresorier); Aurélien Baudin (vice president); Nima Ghomeshi (president); Karine ST-Louis (secretaire); Eric Nadeau-Catudel (administrateur); Isabelle Frechette (administrateur); Manon Lalonde (administrateur); Erqin Zeng (administrateur); Yves Fouquette (administrateur); Manon Bourdon (administrateur); Suzanne Paquette (administrateur).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Fondation Vipassana de l'Est du Canada/eastern Canada Vipassana Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890835176RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.