ANANDA MARGA CANADA
Charitable organizationChristianity·1107 - 20 BRIN DR · ETOBICOKE, ON · M8X 0B2·BN 889256640RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
26¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
74%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
—
not in this filing
Revenue T1
$19K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
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Is Ananda Marga Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 889256640RR0001. 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 Ananda Marga Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 1107 - 20 BRIN DR, ETOBICOKE, ON, M8X 0B2. Source.
What does Ananda Marga Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "Regular Dharma Cakra (Ananda Marga group meditation) continued in family homes across the Greater Toronto Area. Dada Dayashiilananda (Yao Daniel Konan) continued offering free Ananda Marga yoga and meditation classes at a university in Ottawa while Dada Parinirvanananda (Pramod Kumar Biswas) continued organizing free…" Full program description.
How much of Ananda Marga Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 26¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is Ananda Marga Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $19K (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
Regular Dharma Cakra (Ananda Marga group meditation) continued in family homes across the Greater Toronto Area. Dada Dayashiilananda (Yao Daniel Konan) continued offering free Ananda Marga yoga and meditation classes at a university in Ottawa while Dada Parinirvanananda (Pramod Kumar Biswas) continued organizing free Ananda Marga philosophy classes in Toronto. Food distribution in downtown Toronto remained ongoing. During the summer visitors came to Ananda Kanak the monastic residence in Saint-André-Avellin Quebec (323 Rang Saint Louis). Dada Shiilabhadranananda (Mark Devine) facilitated A… Show more
Regular Dharma Cakra (Ananda Marga group meditation) continued in family homes across the Greater Toronto Area. Dada Dayashiilananda (Yao Daniel Konan) continued offering free Ananda Marga yoga and meditation classes at a university in Ottawa while Dada Parinirvanananda (Pramod Kumar Biswas) continued organizing free Ananda Marga philosophy classes in Toronto. Food distribution in downtown Toronto remained ongoing. During the summer visitors came to Ananda Kanak the monastic residence in Saint-André-Avellin Quebec (323 Rang Saint Louis). Dada Shiilabhadranananda (Mark Devine) facilitated Ananda Marga classes and community activities in Vancouver British Columbia and Calgary Alberta.
New programs
Three weekly online Dharma Cakra sessions were initiated on four days of the week allowing participants across Canada to participate flexibly without location barriers. Two beginner Ananda Marga retreats were organized in the spring and summer of 2024—one at the Ananda Marga Master Unit in Quebec and one at a rented facility near Toronto—with around 40 attendees in total. Two additional Ananda Marga retreats were also held in Quebec and Bradford Ontario. Young Ananda Margiis organized an online Satsaunga and study group every Thursday evening. Legal Update The legal case between Ananda Marg… Show more
Three weekly online Dharma Cakra sessions were initiated on four days of the week allowing participants across Canada to participate flexibly without location barriers. Two beginner Ananda Marga retreats were organized in the spring and summer of 2024—one at the Ananda Marga Master Unit in Quebec and one at a rented facility near Toronto—with around 40 attendees in total. Two additional Ananda Marga retreats were also held in Quebec and Bradford Ontario. Young Ananda Margiis organized an online Satsaunga and study group every Thursday evening. Legal Update The legal case between Ananda Marga Canada and Jane Cardwell continued. To cover associated legal costs AMC secured a loan from Ananda Marga Inc. (USA). Efforts toward a settlement are ongoing and a court date has been scheduled for December 2025.
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.
26¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 26¢ 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 26¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
74%
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
—
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)$19K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)80%
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
80%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
0%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
20%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $44K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $42K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $43K | 91¢ | 9% | — |
| 2022-12-31 | $34K | 48¢ | 52% | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $21K | 12¢ | 88% | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $19K | 26¢ | 74% | — |
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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
4 directors reported · 4 of 4at arm's length
- Avadhuta, Acarya APresidentarm's length
- Bogason, Didrik SSecretaryarm's length
- Golovnia, AndriiDirectorarm's length
- Biswas, Pramod KDirectorarm'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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