Lion's Roar Foundation
Charitable organization · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 814717146RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,179,522) as filed with the CRA.
Lion's Roar Foundation is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.3M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 14% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $504.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 2% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The lion's roar foundation publishes and distributes two magazines the lion's roar and buddhaddharma: the practitioner's quarterly. The objectives are to advance and teach the religious and tenets of genuine baddha dharma of all vehicles and traditions by producing magazines and a website that present buddhist and contemplative wisdom and by carrying out events for the benefit of interested public. The foundation also provides audio visuals with the same objectives to teach and advance the tenets.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.2M | $174K | $16K | — | -$287K |
| 2023 | $3.9M | $3.9M | $174K | $27K | — | -$377K |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $4M | — | — | — | -$389K |
| 2021 | $3.7M | $3.5M | $3.4M | — | $500 | -$303K |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.1M | $2.8M | — | — | -$419K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $504 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melvin McLeod (president); Ben Moore (member); Charles Lief (chair); Myokei Caine Barrett (member); Peace Twesigye (member); Doyeon Park (member); Marvin Harada (member); Elissa Epel (member); John Sheehy (member); Rosamaria Segura (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Lion's Roar Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814717146RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.