International Taoist Church of Canada
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 126182229RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($776,226) as filed with the CRA.
International Taoist Church of Canada is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $321K in revenue and $776K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 25% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $2.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $307K in 2024, the largest being $100K to VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $183K in 2020 to $321K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Run operate and maintain the temple. The organization holds properties for future tacist temple development. To hold worship services and activities to encourage the spiritual growth of taoism. Provide community services for citizens introduce propagate and promote the teaching of taoism; recruite and train taoist priest and chaplains.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $321K | $776K | $109K | — | $307K | -$897K |
| 2023 | $291K | $615K | $155K | — | $300K | -$443K |
| 2022 | $185K | $389K | — | — | $240K | -$729K |
| 2021 | $165K | $351K | — | — | $240K | -$524K |
| 2020 | $183K | $349K | $5,230 | — | $241K | -$338K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $307K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $2 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$25K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Woo Loi Tony Chau (president); Chung Lai Kung (director); Stephen L.C. Kwong (secretary); Joe K Ling (director); Ping Keung Siu (director); Kin Wing Wong (director); Gilbert Chan (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from International Taoist Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126182229RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.