True North Insight Meditation
Charitable organization · Montreal, Quebec · BN 863760401RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($395,735) as filed with the CRA.
True North Insight Meditation is a charitable organization based in Montreal, Quebec, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $393K in revenue and $396K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $68K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 31% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We hold residential retreats in quebec and ontario. We offer weekly meditation sessions at several montreal locations. We teach day-long workshops and non-residential meditations retreats in quebec and ontario. We offer structured courses in meditation and buddhist teachings. We offer audio and video presentations though our website. We offer multi-month meditation and study programs which include ongoing video meetings with participants and several in-person meditations retreats. We visit a federal prision in the montreal area to teach meditation to inmates. We provide mentoring for new medi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $393K | $396K | $305K | $25K | — | $130K |
| 2023 | $298K | $326K | $243K | $19K | — | $133K |
| 2022 | $198K | $179K | $100K | $25K | — | $161K |
| 2021 | $204K | $119K | $66K | $17K | — | $142K |
| 2020 | $380K | $417K | $335K | $32K | — | $57K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $68K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$154K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Daryl Ross (president); Coral Short (member of true north insight); Josephine Tcheng (member of true north insight); Michelle Nicholls (member of true north insight).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from True North Insight Meditation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863760401RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.