Ottawa Amitabha Buddhist Society of Canada
Charitable organization · Vernon, Ontario · BN 891576407RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($67,140) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Amitabha Buddhist Society of Canada is a charitable organization based in Vernon, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $92K in revenue and $67K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3,000 in 2024, the largest being $3,000 to Ibps Ottawa. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $42K in 2020 to $92K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Our mission is to provide the following services to the community without fees: 1. Invite buddhist venerables from overseas and canada to give dharma talks and lectures on buddhism with a new view to promote teaching and advancing the buddha dharma; 2. Have weekly gatherings (chanting amitabha) and dharma talks and provide special events on long weekends and holidays; 3. Provide city wide distribution of free buddhist books dvds and vcds for public education; 4. Raise funds to support overseas disasters and local charity organizations; 5. Provide the thrice yearning memorial ceremony to …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $92K | $67K | $30K | — | $3,000 | $603K |
| 2023 | $121K | $53K | $26K | — | — | $473K |
| 2022 | $45K | $22K | $818 | — | — | $405K |
| 2021 | $68K | $15K | $1,080 | — | — | $386K |
| 2020 | $42K | $35K | $677 | — | $8,000 | $328K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,000 to 1 qualified donee:
- Ibps Ottawa$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Master Falong (director/president); Cuc Lam (director/treasurer); Yen Quynh Huynh (director/assistant treasurer); Wan Kam Tam (director/secretary); Tang Siam LIM (director); Jian Ying Xie (director); Helen Troung (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Amitabha Buddhist Society of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891576407RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.