Ottawa Buddhist Society
Charitable organization · Nepean, Ontario · BN 119071256RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($30,282) as filed with the CRA.
Ottawa Buddhist Society is a charitable organization based in Nepean, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $16K in revenue and $30K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $685.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 40% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 86% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $22K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Tisarana Buddhist Monastery. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $250K in 2020 to $16K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
We provided meditation and teaching sessions twice monthly as well as monthly full day sessions which are led by Buddhist monks or lay teachers. We normally provide 2-4 residential retreats where participants can live in silence and meditate under the supervision of a Buddhist monk. These last between 3 and 10 days. Non-residential 2-3 day long retreats are occasionally offered. During the pandemic many of our activities were offered online. Currently we are resuming in-person events usually with an online component for those who cannot or prefer not to attend in person. Disbursements a…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16K | $30K | $5,368 | $1,640 | $22K | $100K |
| 2023 | $67K | $51K | $40K | $1,535 | $7,485 | $111K |
| 2022 | $106K | $109K | $24K | $2,934 | $80K | $98K |
| 2021 | $31K | $173K | $16K | $1,241 | $154K | $101K |
| 2020 | $250K | $31K | $4,644 | — | $24K | $244K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $22K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $685 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Howard Nathan (treasurer); Jane Brown (president); Nissanka Pussegoda (director); Ann Van Dusen (secretary); Mira Kucar (director); Micah Herriot (director); Kathy Nathan (director); Bartlett Vivienne (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ottawa Buddhist Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119071256RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.