Yasodhara Ashram Society
Charitable organization · Kootenay Bay, British Columbia · BN 119305654RR0001 · Complementary or Alternative Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,722,431) as filed with the CRA.
Yasodhara Ashram Society is a charitable organization based in Kootenay Bay, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under complementary or alternative health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 10% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $303K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 9 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $13K in 2024, the largest being $3,759 to Indspire. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $977K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Operate spiritual community teach courses in yoga and spiritual fulfillment on site and online operate a bookstore related to what we teach publish and distribute books on what we teach and practice as a community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.7M | $1.6M | — | $14K | $12.1M |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $1.1M | — | $12K | $12.2M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $955K | $893K | $1,146 | $19K | $12.2M |
| 2021 | $2.4M | $961K | $889K | $943 | $4,295 | $11.8M |
| 2020 | $977K | $927K | $8M | $5,571 | — | $10.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $13K to 12 qualified donees:
- Indspire$3,759
- Raven (respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs)$3,759
- Raven (respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs)$3,759
- South Kootenay Lake Community Service Society$250
- Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation$200
- Nelson and District Hospice Society$200
- Clear Sky Meditation$200
- Amnesty International Canadian Section (english Speaking)$100
- East Kootenay Foundation for Health$100
- West Kootenay Women S Association$100
- Wildsight$100
- The Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada/conseil de Direction de l'Armée du Salut du Canada$75
Received $303K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions9
- Total compensation, all staff$484K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Julie McKay (president); Alicia Pace (director); Janet Gaston (vice president/secretary); Rebecca Dale (director); Paris Smith (director); Deborah Pohorski (director); Gordon Matchett (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Yasodhara Ashram Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119305654RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.