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XING WU ZEN TEMPLE SOCIETY

Charitable organizationOther religions·110 - 12820 CLARKE PL · RICHMOND, BC · V6V 2H1·BN 762778488RR0001·website ↗

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

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Charity dinner banquet (promoting the religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with Buddhism included) -Distribute food fruits hot coffee warm socks quilts and other supplies to the homeless on the street. -Zen Heart Respect for the Elderly and Longevity Banquet charity luncheon -Free monthly meditation classes -Free Dharma Courses -Donate to food bank -Love Earth Community activities and Large-scale Buddhist Cultural Exchange Event

New programs

Free New Year Public Welfare Health Seminar -Guanyin Bodhisattva Ordination Day blessing ceremony -Suxin charity dinner/Zen Realm big scale stage play -Donation to the Richmond Hospital Foundation -First BC Buddhist Culture Day & International Bathing Buddha Day -Participate in charity performances.

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)

Per its F2024 T3010, 2¢ 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)

98%

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)

$59K

Last-reported total revenue.

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

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

41%

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, 20222024.

Period endRevenueCents to causeOverheadReserves
2022-12-31$90K95¢5%
2023-12-31$54K
2024-12-31$59K98%
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

6 directors reported · 6 of 6at arm's length

  • Chen, Jian GuoDirectorarm's length
  • Yuan, ZhenwuChairarm's length
  • Chang, Shao YingSecretaryarm's length
  • Xu, Shan MeiDirectorarm's length
  • Lee, DanielDirectorarm's length
  • Wu, JingyiTreasurerarm'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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