Lingyen Mountain Temple (canada)
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 136246089RR0001 · Christianity
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($60,774,355) as filed with the CRA.
Lingyen Mountain Temple (canada) is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $42M in revenue and $60.8M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 53% from donations, 42% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17.8M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 36 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $113K in 2024, the largest being $43K to Richmond Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $42M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Lingyen mountain temple (canada) programs include the following: a place of worship and a place to train apprentices to become monks or nuns; a place for classes and seminars on the teachings of buddhism; a place for meditation class and practice; a place to develop good citizenship and a sense of community;
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $42M | $60.8M | $12.6M | — | $113K | $144.5M |
| 2023 | $17.1M | $25.7M | $3M | — | $20K | $106.6M |
| 2022 | $14.4M | $8.4M | $2.3M | — | $1,000 | $94.2M |
| 2021 | $8.4M | $3.4M | $1.8M | — | — | $82.5M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $2.7M | $1.6M | — | $40K | $76.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $113K to 7 qualified donees:
- Richmond Hospital Foundation$43K
- BC Women's Health Foundation$30K
- Chimo Community Services Society$30K
- Burnaby Hospital and Community Foundation$4,000
- Surrey Hospitals Foundation$2,000
- Kidsport Canada National Office$2,000
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$2,000
Received $17.8M from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions36
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hsing-Chuan Lee (director); Mei-Hua Kuo (director/buddhist); Hsueh-Ching Hsieh (secretary/buddhist nun); Hui-Min Tseng (director/buddhist nun); Ming-Ling Hsieh (director/buddhist nun); Wen-Wen Wu (v-president/buddhist nun); LI-Yen Lin (director/buddhist nun); Bing-Cheng Shih (president); Chi-Hsiu Huang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lingyen Mountain Temple (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 136246089RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.