Universal Buddhist Temple
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108160714RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($370,604) as filed with the CRA.
Universal Buddhist Temple is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $706K in revenue and $371K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $21K in 2024, the largest being $19K to The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $427K in 2020 to $706K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
A. Regular programs sun 12:00-12:30 hrs stories of buddihst teaching - halted due to covid 19 fri 19:30-4:30 hrs selected topics on chinese classics-halted due to covid 19 b. Dharma rituals & chanting sunday prayer offerings and celebratory event: partially re-instated subject to covid restrictions and health concerns new year blessing ritual offerings. 909 tributes ching ming ceremonial ritual offerings. 1098 tributes buddha's birthday ceremonial ritual offerings nb tributes fall double nine ritual offerings ms tributes c. Sunday vegetarian lunch every sunday from 12:30 to 13:00 halte…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $706K | $371K | $318K | — | $21K | $8M |
| 2023 | $495K | $337K | $292K | — | $23K | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $550K | $319K | $253K | — | $20K | $7.5M |
| 2021 | $446K | $292K | $220K | — | $20K | $7.2M |
| 2020 | $427K | $298K | $238K | — | $20K | $7.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $21K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$131K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Man Tek Chiang; Donny Eng; Gilbert Kong Sing Lee; Daisy Mak; Chris Mok; Martin Sun; Jean Zhou; Christopher Kwong; Kam Chuen Lo.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Universal Buddhist Temple’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108160714RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.