Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) Toronto
Charitable organization · Concord, Ontario · BN 824357990RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($954,734) as filed with the CRA.
Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) Toronto is a charitable organization based in Concord, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $955K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 65% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $1,280.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 67% 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 $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.8M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Buddhist teaching and practice such as Buddhist ceremony dharma study etc.; Chinese culture events such as open house program to exhibit Chinese traditional culture etc.; Environmental program including veggie foods and organic farming events reducing plastic garbage program etc.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $955K | $894K | — | — | $11.7M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $999K | $909K | — | $1,300 | $9.9M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $888K | $692K | — | $87K | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $1.7M | $675K | $574K | — | $300 | $7.8M |
| 2020 | $1.8M | $709K | $558K | — | $47K | $6.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,280 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$221K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Po-Hann Wu (president); Yongsheng Chen (president); I Liang Chung (director); Juying Zheng (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824357990RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.