Tsengdok Monastery Association
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 802374546RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($276,638) as filed with the CRA.
Tsengdok Monastery Association is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $154K in revenue and $277K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $55K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $12K in 2024, the largest being $12K to British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Buddhist chanting class buddhist releasing ceremony spiritual offering ceremony new year blessing vesak for world peace festival and other spiritual classes and activities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $154K | $277K | $253K | — | $12K | $657K |
| 2023 | $196K | $233K | $220K | — | — | $779K |
| 2022 | $223K | $255K | $243K | — | — | $816K |
| 2021 | $769K | $474K | $452K | — | — | $849K |
| 2020 | $161K | $204K | $190K | — | $1,500 | $554K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $12K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $55K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$7,833
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ben Yeung (president); Jane Young (treasurer & secretary); Oi King Ching (director); Margaret Ching (director); T.c.g. Tsengdok (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tsengdok Monastery Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802374546RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.