Karma Tashi Ling Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 887371862RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-10-31. Split of total expenditures ($39,023) as filed with the CRA.
Karma Tashi Ling Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending October 31, 2024, it reported $11K in revenue and $39K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 51% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $144.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Namo Buddha Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $85K in 2020 to $11K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Wednesday evenings: meditation and long chenresig practice sunday mornings: meditation and medicine buddha whitelara guru rinpoche amitabha mahakala with ritual symbols and drum fri evenings: classes using videos of buddhist teachings
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $11K | $39K | $32K | — | $6,000 | $369K |
| 2023 | $87K | $34K | $30K | $2,595 | — | $398K |
| 2022 | $2,870 | $23K | $23K | — | — | $341K |
| 2021 | $7,266 | $22K | $22K | — | — | $361K |
| 2020 | $85K | $25K | $22K | $2,525 | — | $376K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $144 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$16K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Alexander Viszmeg (chair); Kelsy Uhryn (vice chair); Carolyn Passey (treasurer); Michael Jensen (facility manager).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Karma Tashi Ling Kagyu Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887371862RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.