The Bhutan Canada Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 817719891RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($546,398) as filed with the CRA.
The Bhutan Canada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $457K in revenue and $546K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from donations, 25% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $384.
Compared with 1,567 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 48% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Finding and hiring teachers to teach in local schools in bhutan for a period of one year or more. - source educational material for schools and students in bhutan. - organizing scholarships so that bhutanese students can come and study in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $457K | $546K | $452K | — | — | -$634K |
| 2021 | $307K | $705K | $528K | — | — | -$544K |
| 2020 | $398K | $422K | $401K | $396 | — | -$146K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $384 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$213K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2021)
A. Ian Aitken (treasurer); Graham Blyth (chair); Lucie Edwards (director); Julien Gwendolyn (director); Jane Pepino (director); Doma Tshering (director); Madeleine Blyth (director); Stewart Beck (director); David Beatty (director); Lynn Haight (director).
As listed on its 2021 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bhutan Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 817719891RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.