The Evergreen Taoist Church of Canada
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 132587445RR0001 · Support of Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($165,629) as filed with the CRA.
The Evergreen Taoist Church of Canada is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of religion. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $113K in revenue and $166K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 59% from donations.
Compared with 13,465 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1) run operate and maintain the temple. 2) provide community services for citizens. 3) introduce propagate and promote the teaching of taoism; recruit and train taoist priest and chaplains. 4) provide a place where people of taoist persuasion may gather to pray meditate exercise and assist each other spiritually. 5) maintain ancestor worshipping hall on 2nd floor. Upon special request in april july and august of each year memorial ceremonies are conducted to bless the spirits of the dead.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $113K | $166K | $142K | — | — | $610K |
| 2021 | $52K | $135K | $112K | — | — | $663K |
| 2020 | $81K | $152K | $129K | — | — | $746K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$43K
Schedule 3 of its 2022 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Susan Chin (director); Shirley Chan (director); Stephen Kwong (secretary); Woon Ying Lai (president/treasurer); Yu Wing Shiu (director); Gilbert Chan (director); Sohpia Chue Yee Szeto (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Evergreen Taoist Church of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132587445RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.