Satguru Ram Singh Satsang Charitable Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 818689572RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($260,276) as filed with the CRA.
Satguru Ram Singh Satsang Charitable Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $4.9M in revenue and $260K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 38% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.8M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $77K in 2024, the largest being $77K to Satguru Ram Singh Satsang Greater Vancouver Society. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $136K in 2020 to $4.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
It made donations to a Qualified Donee. Held & maintained Gurdwara property used for religious ceremonies & worship. Provided Spiritual oversight and counselling spiritual prayers counselling and monthly kathas/discourses by Chief Spiritual Leader Development & Management of Youth Programs and other spiritual programs and services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.9M | $260K | $43K | $0 | $77K | $7.3M |
| 2023 | $194K | $107K | $26K | $0 | $15K | $2.6M |
| 2022 | $389K | $161K | $9,705 | — | $46K | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $592K | $81K | $7,139 | — | — | $2.3M |
| 2020 | $136K | $160K | — | — | $130K | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $77K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $1.8M from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Raghbir Thandi (director); Beant Sran (director); Amarpreet Singh (director); Charanjit Kullar (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Satguru Ram Singh Satsang Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 818689572RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.