Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society
Charitable organization · Little Sands, Prince Edward Island · BN 837671320RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,167,394) as filed with the CRA.
Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society is a charitable organization based in Little Sands, Prince Edward Island, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $28.7M in revenue and $10.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $140K.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 269 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $612K in 2024, the largest being $600K to Compassion and Grace Institute Inc.. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Gebis service to spread buddha's compassion & wisdom & the path to enlightenment nt. 1. Lineage - sangha education : gebis networks with monasteries from china bruma singapore korea & vietnam & welcomes them to participate in visiting programs. Gebis continues to invite fully qualified dharma masters to give teaching & deepen students' understanding 2. Lineage - translation of sutras : gibs has a long -term mission to translate budhda's sutras on a board scale. By nurturing monastic translation. Gebis aims to translate buddhist texts into different languages to make learning more readi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $28.7M | $10.2M | $9.1M | — | $612K | $162.2M |
| 2023 | $50.2M | $9.2M | $8.7M | — | — | $143.9M |
| 2022 | $23.3M | $9.5M | $8.9M | — | — | $102.9M |
| 2021 | $30M | $7.5M | $2.4M | — | $54K | $89.1M |
| 2020 | $27M | $7M | $5.8M | — | $595K | $66.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $612K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $140K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions269
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chih-Yu Chen (secretary-treasurer); Chung-Chien Chen (director); Cheng Chung Wu (director); Chun Guang Liu (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 837671320RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.