WATERLOO WELLINGTON BUDDHIST MONASTERY AND MEDITATION CENTRE
Charitable organizationOther religions·1145 ROSEVILLE RD · CAMBRIDGE, ON · N1R 5S3·BN 814652517RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
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.
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)4¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 4¢ 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)86%
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)$88K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)87%
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)11%
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, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $84K | 21¢ | 79% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $75K | 6¢ | 98% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.2M | 10¢ | 90% | 9.8 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $73K | 4¢ | 84% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $78K | 5¢ | 81% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $88K | 4¢ | 86% | — |
| 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)
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Board of directors
28 directors reported · 26 of 28at arm's length
- Ranatunga, AgitVice-Presidentarm's length
- Modaragamage, SriyanieTreasurerarm's length
- Galappatty, ThushanthiAssistant Treasurerarm's length
- Jayasinha, Madduma ADirectornot at arm's length
- Uditha Thero, Rev. WellawayePresidentarm's length
- Ranasinghe, IndikaDirectorarm's length
- Suseela Thero, Rev. GigummaduweDirectorarm's length
- Udagedara, Asanga DDirectorarm's length
- De Silva, Ayesh SSecretaryarm's length
- Wanasundara, Akila KDirectorarm's length
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- Dissanayake, Jeevan RDirectorarm's length
- Panditharatne, Pasqualge DDirectornot at arm's length
- Rankothge, Savani SSecretaryarm's length
- Siriwardana, Chamara JDirectorarm's length
- Ranaweera, Sampath BDirectorarm's length
- Wijesekara, Kanchana CDirectorarm's length
- Ananda Thero, Rev. KalubowilaDirectorarm's length
- Modaragamage, SriyanieDirectorarm's length
- Galappatty, ThushanthiTreasurerarm's length
- De Silva, Ayesh SDirectorarm's length
- Subasinghe, SonnyAssistant Treasurerarm's length
- Seneviratne, RosmalDirectorarm's length
- Chandaloka Thero, Rev. KalugalaPresidentarm's length
- Don Dhanapala, Sandeep SDirectorarm's length
- Hannagala Gamage, Jeewan T KDirectorarm's length
- Liyanage Don, DineshDirectorarm's length
- Ranasinghe, IndikaTreasurerarm's length
- Kulasekera, PriyanthaDirectorarm'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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