Tzu Chi Medical Centre of Traditional Chinese Medicine Canada Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 844980631RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($55,360) as filed with the CRA.
Tzu Chi Medical Centre of Traditional Chinese Medicine Canada Foundation is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $47K in revenue and $55K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from other charities. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $29.
Compared with 213 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $171K in 2020 to $47K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Operation of a non-profit health care clinic providing traditional chinese medicinal treatments to the public; 2. Provide relief for the sick and afflicted through the application of traditional chinese medicine; 3. To advance education and increase the public's understanding of health by conducting and disseminating medical research on topics relating to traditional chinese medicine and to provide workshops and seminars to the public to increase knowledge of traditional chinese medicine.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $47K | $55K | $45K | — | — | $4,582 |
| 2023 | $99K | $103K | $94K | — | — | $13K |
| 2022 | $138K | $137K | $128K | — | — | $17K |
| 2021 | $143K | $155K | $142K | — | — | $17K |
| 2020 | $171K | $173K | $158K | — | — | $28K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $29 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yang-Ho Cheng (director); Yu-Ching Chiu (director); Siew Bee Eng (chairperson/president); Pi-Yu Lin (director); Chung Han Lu (director); Shyh-Ming Shyong (director); Chia-Pin Tang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Tzu Chi Medical Centre of Traditional Chinese Medicine Canada Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 844980631RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.