Toronto Zen Centre
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 887473791RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($179,730) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Zen Centre is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $166K in revenue and $180K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 86% from donations, 5% from government. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $402.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 27% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $3,596 in 2024, the largest being $2,373 to Oxfam Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We maintained a buddhist centre. We conducted meditation training sessions and retreats. We maintained a regular meditation schedule.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $166K | $180K | $127K | $434 | $0 | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $163K | $163K | $0 | $0 | $10K | $1.4M |
| 2022 | $123K | $145K | $0 | $0 | $10K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $126K | $150K | — | $0 | $9,097 | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $155K | $131K | — | — | $4,772 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $3,596 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $402 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$52K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ian Henderson (director); Bonnie Goodman (director); James MacKinnon (director); Simon Breslav (director); Jeff Irving (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Zen Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887473791RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.