Vallavambiga Sri Taiyalnayaki Sametha Vaithiyanatha Swamy Koil Inc.
Charitable organization · North Gower, Ontario · BN 858428394RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($258,196) as filed with the CRA.
Vallavambiga Sri Taiyalnayaki Sametha Vaithiyanatha Swamy Koil Inc. is a charitable organization based in North Gower, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $734K in revenue and $258K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 9% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 87% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $370K in 2020 to $734K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the vallavambiga sri taiyalnayaki sametha vaithiyanatha swamy koil inc. O/a ottawa sivan temple (the 'organization') is to operate a hindu temple and provide religious and cultural programs to its members in the ottawa area.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $734K | $258K | $258K | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $565K | $231K | $231K | — | — | $1.9M |
| 2022 | $484K | $301K | $301K | — | — | $1.6M |
| 2021 | $530K | $254K | $254K | — | — | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $370K | $195K | $195K | — | — | $1.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$89K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Muttulingam Thambirajah (president); Selvanathan Shanmuganathan (director-maintenance); Niranjan Chelliah (secretary); Balasubramaniam Shanchayan (treasurer); Mathiyalaghan Rajadurai (director-saivanerimanram); Shanmugasundaram Basharan (director-operations); Thampoo Anandarajah (director-religion).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vallavambiga Sri Taiyalnayaki Sametha Vaithiyanatha Swamy Koil Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 858428394RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.