Lao Alberta Buddhist Temple
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 881541676RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($49,181) as filed with the CRA.
Lao Alberta Buddhist Temple is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $41K in revenue and $49K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2020, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $10K.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 23% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
In its own words
WORKSHIP SERVICES FUNDRAISING DEVELOP CITIZENSHIP PROVIDE MEDITATION PREACHING PROMOTING BUDDHISH CULTURE AND CULTURE ELEBRATIONS AND TEACHING Teaching Laos luggage and culture to young Laos kids and therapy seniors
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $41K | $49K | $28K | $0 | $0 | $518K |
| 2023 | $130K | $65K | $33K | $3,236 | — | $526K |
| 2022 | $98K | $95K | $29K | $3,767 | — | $461K |
| 2021 | $69K | $89K | $29K | — | $75K | $459K |
| 2020 | $34K | $63K | $29K | — | $40K | $478K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2020
Received $10K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lao Alberta Buddhist Temple’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 881541676RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.