Waterloo Wellington Buddhist Monastery and Meditation Centre
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 814652517RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($89,757) as filed with the CRA.
Waterloo Wellington Buddhist Monastery and Meditation Centre is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $88K in revenue and $90K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations, 11% from government. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,974.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 5% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Regular offering of homage to the teacher (Lord Buddha) maintaining the monastery monthly religious program (Observation of eight precepts) weekly Dhamma Discussions based on Buddhist teachings weekly free meditation sessions free weekly yoga sessions free bi-weekly religious classes for children (Sundays) children's mindfulness summer camp three-day meditation retreats traditional rainy season observation and ceremony blessing sick people students those on distress counselling those having problems. All programs are conducted by volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $88K | $90K | $3,508 | — | $0 | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $78K | $83K | $3,795 | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $73K | $78K | $2,931 | — | $0 | $1.4M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $57K | $5,888 | $0 | $0 | $1.4M |
| 2020 | $75K | $53K | $2,959 | — | $0 | $181K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,974 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Agit Ranatunga (vice-president); Rev. Gigummaduwe Suseela Thero (director); Ayesh De Silva (secretary); Pasqualge Panditharatne (director); Chamara Siriwardana (director); Kanchana Wijesekara (director); Rev. Kalubowila Ananda Thero (director); Rev. Kalugala Chandaloka Thero (president); Sandeep Don Dhanapala (director); Jeewan Hannagala Gamage (director); Dinesh Liyanage Don (director); Indika Ranasinghe (treasurer); Priyantha Kulasekera (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Waterloo Wellington Buddhist Monastery and Meditation Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 814652517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.