The Carmelite Sisters at Markham Incorporated
Charitable organization · Zephyr, Ontario · BN 890759574RR0001 · Support of Religion · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($379,221) as filed with the CRA.
The Carmelite Sisters at Markham Incorporated is a charitable organization based in Zephyr, Ontario, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $565K in revenue and $379K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $59K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 65% of peers.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $1,000 in 2024, the largest being $500 to Organisation Catholique Canadienne pour le Développement et la Paix. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Maintain a chapel as a place of worship and pray for humanity and all those in need. Produce and sell religious art work rosaries cards books statues vestments and scapulars. Maintain a place for retreat to sustain and increase religious belief in the roman catholic church and to promote prayer especially contemplative prayer and the carmelite spirituality.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $565K | $379K | $360K | $6,428 | $1,000 | $3.1M |
| 2023 | $524K | $363K | $389K | $7,406 | $1,200 | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $379K | $511K | $462K | $5,968 | $270 | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $417K | $580K | $538K | $11K | $2,210 | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $396K | $575K | $530K | $15K | $598 | $3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,000 to 4 qualified donees:
Received $59K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Demarsh (president); Miranda Lam (vice-president); Theresa Sing (secretary); Teresa Chao (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Carmelite Sisters at Markham Incorporated’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890759574RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.