International Society for Krishna Consciousness Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 118971035RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,068,901) as filed with the CRA.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 37% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 98% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $21K to International Society for Krishna Consciousness (manitoba) Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $725K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Propagating krishna(god) consciousness to the public in general. The charity operates a large temple at 243 avenue road toronto on canada m5r 2j6. The activities involve deity worship spiritual literature and food distribution congregation chanting propogating ancient vedic culture and general charitable activities to everybody.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.1M | $2.1M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.7M | $1.7M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | — | $1.8M |
| 2021 | $973K | $652K | $611K | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $725K | $568K | $532K | — | — | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 2 qualified donees:
Received $23K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$188K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chris Zajchowski (secretary); John Peter Vis (president); Paul Batra (director); Pam McFarlane (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from International Society for Krishna Consciousness Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118971035RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.