YI-GUAN DAO FA-YI CHONG-DE ASSOCIATION
Charitable organizationChristianity·218 - 2680 SHELL RD · RICHMOND, BC · V6X 4C9·BN 864836499RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-05-31
Cents to cause T1
86¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
14%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
20.2 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$410K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
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Common questions
How do I donate to Yi-Guan Dao Fa-Yi Chong-de Association?
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Is Yi-Guan Dao Fa-Yi Chong-de Association a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 864836499RR0001. 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 Yi-Guan Dao Fa-Yi Chong-de Association located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 218 - 2680 SHELL RD, RICHMOND, BC, V6X 4C9. Source.
What does Yi-Guan Dao Fa-Yi Chong-de Association do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "(1) Weekly temple worship activities to promote 'Dao' principles and moral values; (2) Provide weekly free vegetarian lunch and cooking classes to promote healthy diet; (3) Weekly classes in Chinese and English for children youth and adults for 'Dao' scriptures chanting; (4) Lecturer training programs; (5)…" Full program description.
How much of Yi-Guan Dao Fa-Yi Chong-de Association's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 86¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Yi-Guan Dao Fa-Yi Chong-de Association?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $410K (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
(1) Weekly temple worship activities to promote 'Dao' principles and moral values; (2) Provide weekly free vegetarian lunch and cooking classes to promote healthy diet; (3) Weekly classes in Chinese and English for children youth and adults for 'Dao' scriptures chanting; (4) Lecturer training programs; (5) Summer camps and short trips; (6) Regular lectures and seminars; (7) Weekly programs and classes such as Taichi scripture printing ESL reading etc open to the public; (8) Regular religion ceremonies dao conferences and special events; (9) Outreach programs for community se… Show more
(1) Weekly temple worship activities to promote 'Dao' principles and moral values; (2) Provide weekly free vegetarian lunch and cooking classes to promote healthy diet; (3) Weekly classes in Chinese and English for children youth and adults for 'Dao' scriptures chanting; (4) Lecturer training programs; (5) Summer camps and short trips; (6) Regular lectures and seminars; (7) Weekly programs and classes such as Taichi scripture printing ESL reading etc open to the public; (8) Regular religion ceremonies dao conferences and special events; (9) Outreach programs for community services such as visiting nursing homes environmental activities; (10) Educational support to Seattle FYCD Dao centre and religion activities; (11) Financial support to Taiwan FYCD Dao centre; (12) Regular charity sales; (13) Support and distribution of books and pamphlets about Dao to the public.
New programs
Building expansion construction project for Dao Centre.
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.
86¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 86¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 89¢ among those its size (under $1M).
this charity 86¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
14%
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 ↗ · what this means
20.2 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size (under $1M, 27,629): median 1 yr; 14% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$410K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)51%
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
51%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
49%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-31 | $178K | 77¢ | 23% | 5 yr |
| 2020-05-31 | $169K | 76¢ | 24% | 6.6 yr |
| 2021-05-31 | $524K | 88¢ | 2% | 4.6 yr |
| 2022-05-31 | $564K | 70¢ | 5% | 22.9 yr |
| 2023-05-31 | $1.3M | 91¢ | 2% | 9.8 yr |
| 2024-05-31 | $410K | 86¢ | 14% | 20.2 yr |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Board of directors
13 directors reported · 9 of 13at arm's length
- CHEN, CHI FENDIRECTORarm's length
- CHU, PO CHANGDIRECTORarm's length
- FANG, MEI SHENGDIRECTORarm's length
- HSIEH, KUN TEDIRECTORarm's length
- HSU, WEN CHINDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- HSU, YEN TINGDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- LIU, LI MEIDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- LU, LUNG CHIDIRECTORarm's length
- LUKE, MEI SHIADIRECTORarm's length
- TANG, WENDY IHDIRECTORarm's length
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- TSAI, CHING WENDIRECTORnot at arm's length
- TSAI, TENG HODIRECTORarm's length
- LIN, YU CHINGDIRECTORarm'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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