Vancouver International Buddhist Progress Society
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 141012567RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2023-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,108,727) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver International Buddhist Progress Society is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, it reported $3.1M in revenue and $1.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $53K.
Compared with 2,011 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% 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 8 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $6,000 in 2024, the largest being $5,000 to Richmond Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $3.1M in 2023. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Weekly worship services provide a place of worship and a place to train apprentices to become buddhist venerables educate members in the tenets of buddhism provide food to worshippers on weekends provide extracurricular classes for outreach purposes
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2023
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $3.1M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | $6,000 | $20.6M |
| 2022 | $2.1M | $1M | $871K | — | $6,000 | $18.6M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $991K | $819K | — | $57K | $17.4M |
| 2020 | $2M | $860K | $716K | — | $5,000 | $16.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $6,000 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $53K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions8
- Total compensation, all staff$145K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jen-Chun Kuan (director); Shu-Hui Judy Chou (president); Pi-Chin Kan (treasurer); Wai Yee Joege Cheung (director); Yuen Wah Janet Tsang (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver International Buddhist Progress Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 141012567RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.