Lianyin Buddhist Temple
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 871551016RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($77,021) as filed with the CRA.
Lianyin Buddhist Temple is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $308K in revenue and $77K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2022, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $105.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $96K in 2020 to $308K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
1 engage in the practice worship and propagation of buddhist religion 2 promote buddha's teaching and generosity of society 3 organize who study buddha's teaching to help and serve the public in need
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $308K | $77K | $77K | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2023 | $539K | $87K | $87K | — | — | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $99K | $88K | $88K | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $55K | $57K | $54K | — | $3,000 | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $96K | $56K | $56K | — | — | $2.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $105 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Wen I Chen (director); John Cheung (director); Shih Chiu-Chin Huei (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lianyin Buddhist Temple’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871551016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.