INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS (OUTAOUAIS R
Charitable organizationOther religions·212 SOMERSET STREET EAST · OTTAWA, ON · K1N 6V4·BN 118971027RR0002·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
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Operating overhead T1
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Reserves T1
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Revenue T1
$398K
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— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
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Common questions
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Is International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Outaouais R a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 118971027RR0002. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Outaouais R located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 212 SOMERSET STREET EAST, OTTAWA, ON, K1N 6V4. Source.
What does International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Outaouais R do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "To advance religion and spiritual education among our members and the general public in the Ottawa and Outaouais region we have: maintained a temple at 212 Somerset St. E; conducted daily worship and prayer service; held regular programs (in person and online via Zoom) providing teachings of holy scriptures and…" Full program description.
How big is International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Outaouais R?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $398K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
To advance religion and spiritual education among our members and the general public in the Ottawa and Outaouais region we have: maintained a temple at 212 Somerset St. E; conducted daily worship and prayer service; held regular programs (in person and online via Zoom) providing teachings of holy scriptures and singing God's name; provided educational religious study groups; distributed sanctified vegetarian food and knowledge about it; provided a library service of religious books located within our temple; distributed spiritual books and literatures; held special events and religious festi… Show more
To advance religion and spiritual education among our members and the general public in the Ottawa and Outaouais region we have: maintained a temple at 212 Somerset St. E; conducted daily worship and prayer service; held regular programs (in person and online via Zoom) providing teachings of holy scriptures and singing God's name; provided educational religious study groups; distributed sanctified vegetarian food and knowledge about it; provided a library service of religious books located within our temple; distributed spiritual books and literatures; held special events and religious festivals throughout the year. Hosting Spiritual retreats for community members (approx. 200). Inviting internationally known guest speakers. Monthly outreach festivals where our members go out into the community to chant distribute spiritual food and distribute books on Yoga and meditation.
New programs
We would collaborate with other local faith groups to serve the community. As well we launched a meal plan program (tiffins) for students and members of the neighbourhood.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
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Not computable from this filing.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$398K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)38%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
0%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
38%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
62%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
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| 2019-12-31 | $60K | 29¢ | 70% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $65K | 42¢ | 58% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $86K | 55¢ | 43% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $221K | 35¢ | 33% | 1.3 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $358K | 31¢ | 28% | 1.7 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $398K | — | — | — |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
5 directors reported · 5 of 5at arm's length
- Zajchowski, ChristopherTreasurerarm's length
- Vis, John PeterChairarm's length
- Rao, GururajSecretaryarm's length
- Melnyk, IlliaTemple Vice Presidentarm's length
- Waclawski, KacperTemple Presidentarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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