Riwotsegya Throma Buddhist Institute
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 728822321RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-01-31. Split of total expenditures ($31,678) as filed with the CRA.
Riwotsegya Throma Buddhist Institute is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2024, it reported $665K in revenue and $32K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $297.
Compared with 14,125 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 lower than 82% of that peer group. 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 $21K in 2020 to $665K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Group Meditation sessions 6 times a year -Regular Religious Ceremonies twice a month -Translation of religious texts and printing -Creating an electronic library on the website -Conducting the Blessing -Ceremonies on the land of the Organization -Organization of Pilgrimage to India and Nepal -Hanging prayer flags in Canada Nepal and Tibet -Construction of Stupas the Buddhist Monuments
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $665K | $32K | $27K | $179 | — | $915K |
| 2023 | $181K | $13K | — | — | — | $282K |
| 2022 | $45K | $2,378 | $350 | — | — | $114K |
| 2021 | $15K | $4,755 | $2,597 | — | — | $71K |
| 2020 | $21K | $11K | $9,050 | — | $0 | $61K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $297 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pema Tashi (president); Jason Matthews (secretary); Tong Yan (executive director); Kelsang Sherpa (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Riwotsegya Throma Buddhist Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 728822321RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.