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International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON Niagara)

Charitable organizationOther religions·30 - 7768 ASCOT CIR · NIAGARA FALLS, ON · L2H 3P9·BN 747314334RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

The temple activities started picking Post Covid. Activities were limited to basic religious and spiritual activity including: 1. Deity worship and services - ISKCON Niagara temple is a religious place of God. It acts as a bridge between God and humans - it brings God and his devotees together The deities in ISKCON Niagara are worshipped with reverence. The day is divided into periods and in each period the deities are worshipped with music prayers and food offering is served. During the day the priests perform various rituals 2. Preach and advance the teachings of the Vaishnava (Hindu) fa Show more

The temple activities started picking Post Covid. Activities were limited to basic religious and spiritual activity including: 1. Deity worship and services - ISKCON Niagara temple is a religious place of God. It acts as a bridge between God and humans - it brings God and his devotees together The deities in ISKCON Niagara are worshipped with reverence. The day is divided into periods and in each period the deities are worshipped with music prayers and food offering is served. During the day the priests perform various rituals 2. Preach and advance the teachings of the Vaishnava (Hindu) faith 3. On weekends services were conducted in a congregational settings where anyone is welcome to attend regardless of background cast creed place of origin gender class or colour 4. Services start with the chanting of prayers & hymns followed by lecture with a period for questions and comments and ends with a free feast 5. Religious festivals - major festivals celebrated include: - Raath yaatra - Krishna Janmasthami - Prabhupad marathon

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.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

99¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 99¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.

T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$40K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

0%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

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 ↗

Over the years

Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 20202024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2020-12-31$3K
2021-12-31$4K
2022-12-31$13K41¢0%
2023-12-31$17K148¢0%
2024-12-31$40K99¢
trend

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)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

3 directors reported · 3 of 3at arm's length

  • Viz, John PeterDirectorarm's length
  • SALWAN, RAJNEESHDIRECTORarm's length
  • FISHER, GABORDirectorarm'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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