Thopaga Foundation
Charitable organization · Milton, Ontario · BN 854055241RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($559,942) as filed with the CRA.
Thopaga Foundation is a charitable organization based in Milton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $284K in revenue and $560K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $723.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $126K in 2020 to $284K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Offer buddhist teaching weekly conduct mediation sessions weekly hold prayer worship services bi-weekly offer tibetan language classes weekly run a buddhist-themed children’s program bi-weekly hold a spiritual retreat annually provide a resource library of tibetan language books tapes and study materials acquire or build a property in order to have a permanent place of worship.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $284K | $560K | $556K | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2023 | $87K | $235K | $231K | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $190K | $81K | $79K | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $154K | $52K | $28K | — | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $126K | $71K | $29K | — | — | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $723 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Karma Phuntsok (president); Linda Shecter (director); Linda Hayes (secretary/treasurer); Marius Saluszewski (director); Ching-Hui Hsiao (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Thopaga Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 854055241RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.