Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 133259952RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($912,832) as filed with the CRA.
Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending May 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $913K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 5 qualified donees totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $5,001 to Vallabh Youth Organization of Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $701K in 2020 to $1.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 37 names.
In its own words
We hold worship services twice a day we hold cultural events like concerts plays to promote hindu culture we conduct music language and computer classes we conduct religious classes for children we celebrate various hindu festivals and holidays we hold seniors programs we hold english speaking classes for new immigrants
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $913K | $880K | — | $20K | $5.7M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $919K | $891K | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2022 | $851K | $792K | $745K | — | — | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $861K | $771K | $743K | — | — | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $701K | $765K | $741K | — | — | $5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 5 qualified donees:
Received $40K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$68K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sanjiv Bhatt (director); Kumar Budhdeo (trustee); Munira Budhdeo (director & trustee); Nareshkumar Chavda (director & trustee); Mahesh Chokshi (life time trustee & director); Sushmaben Chokshi (trustee); Pravin Gandhi (president & trustee); Bharati Ghatalia (life time trustee); Bhartiben Khatri (director & trustee); Gokui Khatri (director & trustee); Haresh Mehta (life time trustee & director); Prafullaben Mehta (trustee); Rajesh Mehta (director); Ketan Pandya (secretary); Gitubhai Parikh (director & trustee); Chandrika Patel (director & trustee); Chimanbhai Patel (director & life time trustee); Kanchan Patel (director & trustee); Kantibhai Patel (director & trustee); Pramod Patel (vice president & trustee); Rameshbhai Patel (director & life time trustee); Surendra Patel (life time trustee); Tushar Patel (director & trustee); Tusharbhai Patel (director & trustee); Parindaben Purohit (director & trustee); Bhavna Shah (trustee); Krishnakant Shah (trustee); Minaxi Shah (director & trustee); Sima Shah (trustee); Pankaj Shah (director & trustee); Shilpaben Sheth (director & trustee); Virendra Shukla (treasurer & trustee); Chandrika Sthanakiya (director); Jayendrabhai Sthanakiya (trustee); Jayendrabhai Thakkar (director & trustee); Nayanaben Thakkar (director & trustee); Thakor Vansh (director & trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133259952RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.