Vedanta Society of Calgary
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 119261345RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-05-31. Split of total expenditures ($128,986) as filed with the CRA.
Vedanta Society of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under christianity. 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 May 31, 2024, it reported $145K in revenue and $129K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $884.
Compared with 62 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 100% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $1,500 in 2024, the largest being $1,000 to Mount Royal University Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $78K in 2020 to $145K in 2024.
In its own words
1) Regular Sunday (4pm to 6pm) Vesper services Meditation scriptures reading/discussions are being held at the 'Vedanta Center' on each and every Sunday throughout the year 2) 'Vedanta chanting' Lessons on 'Vedic Chanting' discussion on and explanation of the Introductory Vedanta Scripture 'Drg-Drsya-Viveka – Discrimination between the Knower and the Known' are provided to the youth and children of members after the Sunday Meditation meetings. 3) On each of the eleventh lunar day of all the twelve lunar calendar months in the year the Vedanta Center conducts 'Ram Naam' chanting from 6:30p…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $145K | $129K | $44K | $0 | $1,500 | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $111K | $114K | $35K | $0 | $1,000 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $61K | $76K | $11K | — | $1,000 | $828K |
| 2021 | $88K | $74K | $620 | — | $1,000 | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $78K | $564K | $4,609 | — | $0 | $843K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1,500 to 2 qualified donees:
Received $884 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Vedanta Society of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119261345RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.