Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre
Charitable organization · Waterloo, Ontario · BN 857653539RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,661) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre is a charitable organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $83K in revenue and $90K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 21% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
- 2 weekly classes of advanced meditation instruction (each with 3 x 16-week sessions per year) -- hybrid in-person/online - 2 annual meditation/spiritual residential retreats - Introduction to Meditation class (8-week session) offered in the spring - Days of Mindfulness offered 5 times throughout the year - Annual Vesak celebration of the Buddha's birth enlightenment and death
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $83K | $90K | $87K | — | — | $1,000 |
| 2023 | $101K | $83K | $81K | — | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $62K | $77K | $75K | — | — | $68K |
| 2021 | $65K | $50K | $47K | — | — | $83K |
| 2020 | $82K | $71K | $55K | — | — | $68K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$27K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Gwen Sears (chairperson); Michael Doyle (director); Sheila McNair (secretary); Christine Craig (director); Susan Child (spiritual coordinator); Colin Read (treasurer); Chris Gabriel (director); Ruth Gingell (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857653539RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.