Vancouver Zen Centre Society
Charitable organization · Frelighsburg, Quebec · BN 887459063RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($51,004) as filed with the CRA.
Vancouver Zen Centre Society is a charitable organization based in Frelighsburg, Quebec, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $44K in revenue and $51K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations. In 2022, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $96.
Compared with 14,968 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 0% 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 1 permanent full-time position.
In its own words
1. Meditation meetings for Zen meditation and practice. 2. Retreats for Zen meditation and practice. 3. Provide authorized teacher of Zen Buddhism 4. Provide facilities for residential Zen students 5. Provide facilities for Zen practice. 6. Maintain website for VZC information and Zen teachings
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $44K | $51K | — | — | $0 | $2M |
| 2021 | $51K | $39K | $34K | — | $0 | $1.8M |
| 2020 | $53K | $50K | $42K | — | $0 | $1.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2022
Received $96 from 1 charity:
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$17K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vancouver Zen Centre Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887459063RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.