The Mountain Rain Zen Community Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 860489715RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($213,328) as filed with the CRA.
The Mountain Rain Zen Community Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $333K in revenue and $213K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 20% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $106K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 33% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $74K in 2020 to $333K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Mountain Rain offers instruction and community support for Zen Buddhist practice through seminars workshops retreats discussions of daily life and creative expression. In-person and online. PROGRAMS INCLUDE RETREATS PRACTICE PERIODS ZENYU DHARMA SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ENGAGED BUDDHIST PRACTICE ZEN ARTS AND ONLINE PRACTICE.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $333K | $213K | $169K | $0 | $0 | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $179K | $144K | — | — | $2M |
| 2022 | $120K | $109K | $86K | — | $500 | $146K |
| 2021 | $81K | $96K | $91K | — | — | $136K |
| 2020 | $74K | $52K | $98K | — | — | $150K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $106K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Trudy Grienauer (secretary); Diana Davidson (president); Jacob Butula (vice president); Matthew Robinson (director); Kathleen Simard (treasurer); Candace Ratelle-Le Roy (director); Denis Fafard (director); Megan Adam (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Mountain Rain Zen Community Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 860489715RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.