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Introduction and Background

The RSS, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or the Sangh for short, is one of the most influential non-government groups in the world. It’s also the mother organization behind the party currently governing India: the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Yet, outside India, few know about the RSS, its agenda, and its ideas.

The RSS was founded in 1925 with the core mission of transforming India, a pluralistic society, into a majoritarian Hindu nation-state, marginalizing non-Hindu minority groups, including Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits, and Adivasis (Indigenous Peoples).

The RSS is not merely a cultural or religious organization. It is a century-old paramilitary brotherhood, the ideological and organizational parent of a vast network of groups collectively known as the Sangh Parivar.¹* This includes the BJP, which has ruled India since 2014.² Prominent in the RSS family are the following organizations operating world-wide: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP – World Hindu Council), Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), Sewa International, India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF) and Coalition of Hindus of North America (COHNA). For decades, the RSS has propagated right wing Hindu nationalist ideology, resulting in communal polarization and open hostility towards India’s religious minorities.

*It is worth nothing the overall structure the RSS uses to carry out its work. The RSS is based around shakhas (branches) and prants (provinces). The Sangh has 46 prants which are supervised by pracharaks (propagandists), karyavahs (general secretaries), and sanghchalaks (coordinators). Each of the prants have specific goals (e.g., create a milita and train youth for armed warfare, train youth to be political leaders). There are over 80,000 shakas in India and abroad. In these shakas, male RSS members gather and train in martial arts and are fed supremacist propaganda. Women are also trained, including to hate Muslims and kill them if necessary. There are over 2,000 organizations that have been linked to the RSS (more information provided under Methodology). These organizations which include private companies and charitable organizations collect millions of dollars, which the RSS has framed as “guru dakhshina” to its shakas (gift of gratitude). These shakas spread propaganda affirming Hindu civilizational supremacy and self-reliance.

The RSS’s ideology was clearly outlined by its second chief, MS. Golwalkar:

“The non-Hindu peoples in India must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, must learn to respect and hold in reverence Hindu religion, must entertain no idea but those of glorification of the Hindu race and culture… or they may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges, far less any preferential treatment—not even citizen’s rights.”³

Golwalkar was, and believed all Hindus should be, inspired by the Nazi’s genocidal treatment of the Jewish people.⁴ Under Mohan Bhagwat, current RSS chief, the philosophy of RSS has been fully operationalized.

“Islamophobia has always been a central feature of the ideology of Hindu nationalist factions in India.”⁵ From its inception, the RSS’ affiliated political parties have used anti-Muslim hate and stereotypes to fuel its campaigns. This has only accelerated under the Modi-led, BJP government. This is evidenced through violence in the form of “cow-protection” Lynchings,⁶ Mob-Lynchings,⁷ Home Demolitions and Bulldozer led destruction of whole communities.⁸ Before Bhagwat was RSS Chief, he was its General Secretary (Sarkaryavah). During this time, between 2006 and 2008, he specifically gave his consent for terrorist attacks against Muslim communities, stating that “[i]t is very important that it [the violence] be done. But you should not link it to the Sangh.”⁹ It is also clear in the ongoing annexation and Indian-occupation of Kashmir and Jammu.¹⁰

Bhagwat has repeatedly characterized Muslim and Christian communities as demographic threats to India’s Hindu majority.¹¹ This pattern of vilification induces impunity for anti-religious hate, extending to Christians who endure church burnings, attacks on pastors, oppressive anti-Christian legislation, and pervasive persecution. The Evangelical Fellowship of India has documented 747 verified incidents of hostility against Christians in 2025 alone.¹²

RSS has been consistently accused of perpetuating caste-based discrimination and violence against Dalits, with critics pointing to its Brahminical leadership structure and the systemic exclusion of Dalits from positions of power within the organization. According to former RSS member Bhanwar Meghwanshi, Dalits are used merely as “foot soldiers” while being systematically kept away from leadership roles and denied even basic dignity — for instance, RSS members refused to eat food prepared in a Dalit’s home.

RSS and its affiliated groups have been linked to several high-profile breaches of Canadian sovereignty and public safety, such as the targeted extrajudicial killings executed on Canadian soil, most notably the murder of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.¹³ Nijjar had been labelled as a terrorist by the Indian government, and just before his assassination, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service “told Nijjar they had information that he was ‘under threat from professional assassins.’”¹⁴ Just three months after Nijjar was killed, then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood up in Parliament to state that there were “credible allegations” of a link between the Indian government and Nijjar’s murder.¹⁵ Shortly thereafter, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) publicly “linked the Government of India with acts of violence on Canadian soil and ongoing foreign actor interference.”¹⁶

The RSS has been banned five times in India since its creation (1930, 1947, 1948, 1975, 1992). In 2026, after seven years of warnings, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended the US impose targeted sanctions against the RSS and its leadership. In its report, USCIRF cited RSS for its direct responsibility for and tolerance of severe systemic violations of religious freedoms and human rights.¹⁷ The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has already designated two RSS wings as militant religious organizations — the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal.¹⁸

The RSS has operated internationally for several decades. A recent report from Savera has documented the influence and operations of the RSS’s “Vishwa Vibhag” or “Overseas Department”, a secretive but influential unit that coordinates its operations abroad — even as the RSS insists that it operates only in India.¹⁹ The Savera report names Santosh Prabhu, an RSS pracharak or full-timer based in Canada specifically deputed to run the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) Canada — the international branch of the RSS²⁰ — as a key figure ensuring the RSS exerts control and supervision over the HSS Canada. This evidence blows open the HSS Canada’s own evasive claim that it operates in an independent and autonomous manner and merely represents the interests of Canadian Hindus. In fact, Prabhu’s supervisor, Saumitra Gokhale, the RSS’s International Coordinator, has boasted about how the RSS operates under different names in different countries to evade accountability.

The stakes of the RSS’s deep footprints in the Canada are stark. The Hindu far-right in Canada has not only funded and abetted their counterparts in India but also advanced divisiveness in the Canada, from its growing ties to the Canadian right-wing to its direct role in stoking tensions between Canadian Hindus and their Sikh and Muslim neighbours.

The RSS’s international wing, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) was established in 1964 with the aim of building the Hindu community world-wide and has several chapters across North America. It operates through a diverse range of organizations that claim to be autonomous; with cultural, educational, and charitable aims, but are in fact committed to furthering Hindu supremacist nationalism. This involves the incitement of hatred and violence toward Indian minority communities and caste-oppressed groups in the diaspora, the silencing of critics and dissenters, and the raising of funds in support of its activities in India.²¹

“The broad family of groups existing under the RSS umbrella (Sangh Parivar) include a large humanitarian wing that provides disaster relief, rehabilitation, and social services to the underprivileged both inside and outside of India, albeit steeped within the exclusivist ideals of Hindutva. Active in dozens of countries, this expansive humanitarian apparatus projects a benign face of RSS-inspired beliefs and structures across the world, particularly to those who are unfamiliar with the group’s troubling ideologies and track record of anti-minority supremacism.”²²

RSS’s sophisticated and opaque transnational network of organizations operates worldwide and harvest funds under the guise of charitable donations, while evading accountability, including, but not limited to, the provisions of the Income Tax Act, as detailed below.²³ Prime Minister Modi called the RSS “the world’s largest NGO” and a global database, housed at Sciences Po’s Center for International Research (CERI), Seeing the Sangh, described its family of organizations as “the largest far-right network in history.”²⁴ RSS’s highly decentralized global structure with thousands of local “fronts” operates opaque funding pipelines. These pipelines allow capital, corporate donations and community charity funds to move across international borders with minimal regulatory oversight, obscuring the ultimate destination and use of the funds.²⁵

We have tracked the money flow of several RSS-affiliated organizations in Canada. While many are non-profits and therefore are not required to disclose their financial records, we identified 11 affiliated organizations with 21 registered Canadian charities. Overall, we found approximately $46 million moving between RSS-affiliated organizations in Canada. Additionally, these Canadian, RSS-affiliated organizations also sent over $21.5 million to other RSS-linked groups outside of Canada.

Methodology

We used the Seeing the Sangh database to identify RSS-affiliated organizations in Canada.²⁶ Seeing the Sangh has 14 Canadian organizations included in its database, 13 of which have a confirmed link to the RSS. The following table outlines the listed confirmed organizations and their status in Canada. Additionally, we identified other Canadian affiliates of confirmed RSS-linked organizations in India.

Table 1: Canadian Organizations Included by Seeing the Sangh

Name	Status in Canada	Seeing the Sangh Listing
Canada India Foundation	Registered Charity	Listed
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada	Registered Charity	Listed
Friends of India Society International (Canada)	N/A	Listed
Hindu Forum Canada	Non-Profit Organization	Listed
Hindu Institute of Learning	Registered Charity (Revoked)	Listed
Hindu Sevika Samiti (Canada)	N/A	Listed
Hindu Society of Ottawa-Carleton	Registered Charity	Listed
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (Canada)	Registered Charity	Listed
Indo-Canadian Community Centre	Registered Charity	Listed
Param Shakti Peeth of Canada	N/A	Listed
Sewa Canada International Aid	Registered Charity	Listed
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Canada)	Registered Charity	Listed
Overseas Friends of the BJP (Canada)	Non-Profit Organization (Dissolved)	Listed
AIM for Seva	Registered Charity	Indian Counterpart Listed
Bharat Sevashram Sangha	Registered Charity	Indian Counterpart Listed
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS)	Registered Charity	Indian Counterpart Listed
Chinmaya Mission	Registered Charity	Indian Counterpart Listed

Based on these findings, we have included 11 organizations in this analysis, with a total of 21 registered charities. This difference is because some organizations have more than 1 associated registered charity in Canada. We have categorized each of these organizations into a category that aligns with the analysis done by the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and World Sikh Organization (WSO) in their 2023 report “Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Network in Canada”.²⁷ Further, we have classified the 11 organizations into three tiers:

1. Core Sangh organizations
2. Sangh-embedded organizations
3. Sangh allies*

As noted above, the RSS is a sophisticated yet opaque network that intentionally obfuscates the arrangement of organizations in its network. These classifications help to elucidate the deliberately complicated connections between RSS-affiliated groups.

*This complaint does not ask the CRA to examine these sects as a whole, but specifically where their finances and operations intersect with that of the Sangh.

Table 2: Charities Included in the Current Analysis

ID	Organization	Business #	Charity Name	Category
1	Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh	892285248RR0001	Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
		890078462RR0001	Hindu Institute Of Learning
2	Vishwa Hindu Parishad Of Ontario (Canada)	889158861RR0001	Vishwa Hindu Parishad Of Ontario (Canada)	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
3	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	Humanitarian Relief, Social Services, and Fundraising
4	Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada	853421162RR0001	Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
5	Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	889969390RR0001	Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	Humanitarian Relief, Social Services, and Fundraising
6	CIF Charitable Foundation	804193555RR0001	CIF Charitable Foundation (Canada India Foundation)	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
7	Indo-Canadian Community Centre	887280790RR0001	Indo-Canadian Community Centre	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
8	Aim For Seva	861308906RR0001	Aim For Seva	Humanitarian Relief, Social Services, and Fundraising
9	Bharat Sevashram Sangha	847942158RR0001	Bharat Sevashram Sangha	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
10	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha	868980319RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Charitable Properties Inc.	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
		864015441RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Charities Inc.
		885731018RR0002	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc.
		868987710RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Development Inc.
11	Chinmaya Mission	810333963RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Calgary Centre	Education, Ideologies, Shakhas
		893661587RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Halton
		713675320RR0001	Chinmaya Mission London (Canada)
		848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)
		715225215RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Ottawa
		118853456RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Toronto
		889376380RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Vancouver

There are three main types of data included throughout the report:

• Donations from an Organization to other registered Canadian charities. This data is obtained from the T1236 form of charities’ annual filings.
• Donations to one of the included Organization from other registered Canadian charities. This data is obtained from the T1236 form of charities’ annual filings.
• Donations from an Organization to a group outside of Canada. This data is obtained from the Schedule 2 form of charities’ annual filings. Note, in some cases, the Organizations included in this report have listed out-of-country donations on their T1236 (intended only for Canadian recipients) and on their Schedule 2 form. Where this has occurred, we have noted it.

In various instances, Organizations were documented sending money to other RSS-affiliated groups.* Where these are Canadian Organizations included in this report, they are highlighted in the colour corresponding to their classification (red, orange, yellow). Where these are international organizations listed by Seeing the Sangh, they are highlighted in green. (NOTE: This is not possible on this page, but we are happy to provide more this information directly in a more accessible manner. Email info@justpeaceadvocates.ca)

*This is based on data from Seeing the Sangh. Where a name in the data matches the name of an organization in the Seeing the Sangh database, we have highlighted it. There are likely additional donations to RSS-affiliated groups not listed, however, due to variations in name spellings and incomplete CRA filings, we are unable to confirm.

Results and Analysis

1 | Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) is the international branch of the RSS.²⁸ HSS Canada was founded by Labhamal Sabharwal, a parachak (RSS missionary) who also founded and led the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of Canada (see below). HSS Canada is “the central node of all Sangh activities in the country.”²⁹ It has hosted many Sangh leaders, including:³⁰

• Sarvashri Lakshman Shrikrishna Bhide
• Dr. Shankar Tatwawadi (now chief coordinator of the Vishwa Sangh)
• Dr. Mahesh Mehta (President V.H.P., U.S.A.)
• Professor Rajendra Singh, popularly called Rajju Bhaiyya (Sarkaryavah or General Secretary of RSS at that time)
• H. V. Seshadri (Sahsarkaryavah of RSS at that time)
• Atal Behari Vajpayee (former Prime Minister)
• Lal Krishna Advani (former Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister)
• Dr. Ved Prakash Nanda (Sanghchalak US. and Chairman of International Jurists’ Association)
• Dr. R.S. Dwivedi (Sahasanghchalak, US)
• Dr. Manohar Shinde (Karyavaha, US)
• Dr. Bhishma Agnihotri (former Ambassador at Large / Special Envoy for NRI Affairs, US)
• Man. Sudarshan ji (present Sarsanghchalak, RSS)

HSS Canada lists 33 shakhas³¹ across Canada.³² While outside the scope of this report, these entities may be examined in the future.

Table 3: Donor: Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh. 2012

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
119245330RR0001	The Milton District Hospital Foundation	$1,001

Table 4: Recipient: Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh. 2003 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
108186115RR0001	Voice of the Vedas Cultural Sabha Inc.	$250
802678748RR0001	Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation	$32,185
812867752RR0001	PayPal Giving Fund	$121
845528827RR0001	CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation	$243
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$1,025
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$2,500
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$2,955

Hindu Institute Of Learning

The Hindu Institute of Learning was an organization associated with HSS Canada. It was established in 1994 and operated until its revocation in 2017. In its Notice of Intention to Revoke (NITR) letter, the CRA outlined several areas of non-compliance:³³

1. Failed to devote resources to charitable activities carried out by the Organization itself

• The CRA, when considering the legal requirements to determine whether a purpose or activity is charitable re: the advancement of education found that “The Organization failed to provide documentary evidence to establish that it is an education institution…”
• The Organization made payments to individuals who the Board could not provide a description of duties; further, they were paid “substantially more” than the Organization “received as revenue for tuition.”
• The funds spent on expenditures like management and administration were not incidental or ancillary to the Organizations purpose.

2. Failed to operate exclusively for charitable purposes

• The CRA found that the Organization was pursuing “an unstated collateral non-charitable purpose; namely, fundraising.”

3. Failed to issue donation receipts in accordance with the law

• The Organization had issues with the receipt contents as well as receipt security. They also improperly issued receipts for a fundraising dinner and tuition fees.

4. Failed to file an accurate T3010

• The CRA identified issues with undeposited revenues, improper completion (e.g., reporting inaccurate values or completely missing certain line items), and incorrect information about the charity in general / its programs.

5. Failed to maintain adequate books and records

• The Organization could not provide meeting minutes for 2012 or 2014. There was no reliable record keeping for funds received or spent.

Table 5: Recipient: Hindu Institute of Learning. 2008 to 2016

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
119050508RR0001	Namdhari Sangat Canada (Society) Ont.	$500
805965092RR0001	Amity Foundation	$500
877495713RR0001	Bell Canada Employees` Charity Trust	$184
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$2,500

2 | Vishwa Hindu Parishad Of Ontario (Canada)

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) of Ontario (VHP Canada) is a branch of the VHP organization in India. It was founded in 1964 by Madav Sadashiv Golwalkar (the second RSS Chief), Shivram Shankar Apte, and Swami Chinmayananda.³⁴ It is a Hindu nationalist organization that operates as the religious wing of the Sangh groups.³⁵ RSS pracharak Swami Vigyananand is responsible for coordinating VHP’s global network and attended at least two document events in 2025; one in Surrey BC and another in Calmar AB.³⁶

“Under the guise of so-called “religious regeneration,” the VHP seeks to mobilize Hindus both in India and outside to convert the current Indian secular republic into a theocratic nation, often through violent agitation. Over the past five decades, the VHP — together with its youth militias, the Bajrang Dal and the Durga Vahini — has been responsible for a long and gruesome history of violence, particularly against Muslim and Christian minorities in India.”³⁷

In recent years, VHP leadership has not only increased its calls for violence, including advocating for the “ethnic cleansing and/or genocide of India’s] Muslim citizens”, it has also been force behidn the mass violence itself.³⁸

Table 6: Donor: Vishwa Hindu Parishad of Ontario. 2006 to 2021

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
119282895RR0001	Arya Samaj	$125
853421162RR0001	Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada	$3,200
885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	$6,234
	Divya Durga Jyoti Hindu Society	$1,000
	Param Shakti Peeth	$21,061
	Seva Sahayog Foundation	$28,957
	Manav Seva Pratisthan	$3,286

Table 7: Recipient: Vishwa Hindu Parishad of Ontario. 2012 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$1,758
123605883RR0001	Hindu Cultural Society Scarborough Ontario	$1,100
794161885RR0001	Radha Madhav Society	$501
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$11,322
877745810RR0001	Pushtimargiya Vaishnav Samaj Of Canada	$751
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$7,089

3 | Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.

Sewa Canada International Aid was founded in 1991 — originally known as Sewa Bharati Toronto Chapter. It was established “by Asaha Sehgal, a Rashtra Sevika Samiti leader in Candaa.”³⁹ One of the founders, Sat Wadhwa, and Secretary General of Sewa Canada said some projects funded by the organization are “directly managed by Sewa Bharti and others, particularly in the tribal zones, by the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.”⁴⁰ Sewa Bharti or the Rashtriya Seva Bharati is a community service organization within the RSS.⁴¹ Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram is a community organization established by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and is a formal RSS affiliate.⁴²

“In 2006, during the Bhopal floods that killed 22 people and inundated the whole city, Sewa Bharti was accused of distributing relief material to Hindus only, while neglecting the Muslim localities. Two years earlier in January 2004, Sewa Bharti along with VHP and BJP members were accused of leading mob attacks on Christians, their churches, and homes in Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh.”⁴³

The majority of Sewa Canada’s funds are gifted to RSS-linked organizations, including:

• Youth For Seva
• Vivekananda Kendra
• Swamy Vivekananda Medical Mission
• Swami Vivekananda Cultural Society
• Suvendu Memorial Trust
• Sewa Sahayog Foundation
• Sewa International
• Sewa Bharti
• Ramakrishna Mission
• International Yoga Society
• Gram Sewa And Vikland Sanstha
• Apna Ghar
• Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton
• Vishwa Hindu Parishad Of Ontario (Canada)
• Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)
• Chinmaya Mission London (Canada)
• Chinmaya Mission Toronto
• Chinmaya Mission Ottawa
• Chinmaya Mission Toronto

Table 8: Donor: Sewa Canada International Aid Inc. 2010 to 2023

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
098496959RR	Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women	$250
107951618RR0001	The Salvation Army	$500
108084419RR0001	Hospital for Sick Children	$1,350
118853456RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Toronto	$500
118881549RR0001	Daily Bread Food Bank	$1,300
130922867RR0001	Victims of Violence	$250
134704741RR0001	Nova Scotia Spca	$1,000
134949312RR0001	Merritt Rotary Club Society	$3,000
139096135RR0001	Eslpeth Heyworth Centre for Women	$800
870122504RR0001	Three Rivers Kids Foundation	$1,000
885260968RR0001	Daily Bread Food Bank	$250
889007597RR0001	Princess Margaret Hospital	$1,050
893661587RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Ottawa	$301
896354008RR0001	Steven Lewis Foundation	$250

Table 9: Recipient; Sewa Canada International Aid Inc. 2001 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
107641953RR0001	London Community Foundation	$400
108160250RR0001	United Way Prescott-Russell, Ottawa, Lanark And Renfrew Counties	$832
118853456RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Toronto	$1,000
118949635RR0001	Gujarati Mandal Of Calgary	$19,815
118958453RR0001	Hindu-Maha-Sabha Of Burlington And Oakville	$28,251
119227981RR0001	Ottawa Community Foundation	$500
119260487RR0001	United Way Of The Alberta Capital Region	$45
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$29,599
119278323RR0001	United Way Of Durham Region	$2,988
122437072RR0001	The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act	$12,543
129958948RR0001	Armenian Community Centre (St Catharines)	$200
131921652RR0001	United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Inc.	$410
136347416RR0001	Cambridge Hindu Society	$22,000
136491875RR0001	Toronto Foundation	$2,500
713675320RR0001	Chinmaya Mission London (Canada)	$4,900
714653524RR0001	Ignite Life Ministries	$513
723185716RR0001	Toor Hope Initiative	$5,000
749714887RR0001	Canadian Havyaka Association Of Americas Inc.	$3,500
802678748RR0001	Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation	$14,045
804213759RR0001	Benefaction Foundation	$5,500
810316091RR0001	The Jawl Foundation	$10,000
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$463,209
816666754RR0001	Hindi Writers Guild Canada	$6,502
832173900RR0001	Raymond James Canada Foundation	$4,200
833349491RR0001	Nepali Heritage Charity Foundation Of BC (NHCF)	$3,000
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$2,167
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$82,998
857210744RR0001	Private Giving Foundation	$125
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$141,352
864546817RR0001	Ontario Power Generation Employees` And Pensioners` Charity Trust Fund	$1,873
865649115RR0001	Konkani Association Of Ontario	$1,485
867105322RR0001	Niagara Community Foundation	$500
869980714RR0001	Gangopadhyay Charitable Foundation	$70,000
886706795RR0001	Manitoba Hindu Dharmik Sabha, Temple And Cultural Centre Inc.	$18,968
887324036RR0001	Hari Krishan Publication	$5,100
888047826RR0001	Link Charity Canada Inc	$30,000
888165065RR0001	Telus Employees Charitable Trust	$1,004
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$5,000
888957842RR0001	Sears Employees Charitable Fund	$584
889158861RR0001	Vishwa Hindu Parishad Of Ontario (Canada)	$6,234
889594479RR0001	The Jain Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	$6,250
889969390RR0001	Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	$5,000
890133978RR0001	Dipty Chakravarty Foundation	$47,100
891706772RR0001	Niagara Hindu Samaj	$500
892409962RR0001	Goel Family Charitable Foundation	$602
894576958RR0001	Vijay Anand Foundation	$59,200
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$496,447

Table 10: Sewa Canada International Aid Inc. Schedule 2: 2013 to 2024

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Antarrashtriya Bhasha Kendra – Sewa Internation Bharat	India	$10,000
Apna Ghar, Bharatpurm Rajastahn	India	$2,000
Bhumika Trust	Unreported	$5,000
Covid In India	India	$579,602
Covid In Nepal	Nepal	$813,860
Dharam Shala, Berbice, Guyana	Guyana	$6,000
Disaster Relief In Turkey	Turkey	$33,000
Empower Refugees In India	India	$3,000
Empowering Rural Indian Panchayat Model	India	$20,000
Floor Relief In Manipur	India	$10,000
Girls Hostel In Jalandhar	India	$29,030
Gram Sewa And Vikland Sanstha, Jalandhar, Punjab	India	$27,620
International Yoga Society	India	$18,000
International Yoga Society, (Anand Bhavan) Bihar	Unreported	$123,755
International Yoga Society, Ghaziabad, Up	India	$129,500
Jan Kalyan Siksha Samithi New Delhi	India	$54,000
Khoba Dang Project	India	$43,822
L.R. Sanskrit School, Jind, Haryana	India	$2,000
Ladies` Hostel Krisnanagar, Wb	India	$25,000
Lajja Ram Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Jind, Haryana	India	$2,000
Ma Madhuri Brij Varis Seva Sadan, Apna Ghar	India	$15,000
Prajna Foundation For Cultural Interaction And	India	$8,000
Ramakrishan Mission Ashram, Cherrapunjee	Unreported	$21,000
Ramakrishna Mission <Silchar For Tribal Boys	India	$2,400
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Meghalaya	India	$70,000
Reduce Women & Child Mortality In,Nepal (Smart Health Global)	Nepal	$20,000
Relief For Hunger Crises In Kenya	Kenya	$10,000
Seva Bharati, Assam	India	$275,000
Seva Samajam Balika Nilayam, Hyderabad	India	$1,300
Sewa Bharati – Bhopal, Mp	Unreported	$153,500
Sewa Bharati-Bilaspur, Chattisgarh	India	$70,500
Sewa Bharati-Jammu	India	$32,000
Sewa Bharti, New Delhi	India	$10,500
Sewa International Delhi – Trillium	Unreported	$575,000
Sewa Sahayog Foundation	Unreported	$3,060
Shree Krishnayan Gauraksha Project	India	$94,185
Sponsoring Child Education In Athapady	India	$10,000
Sponsoring Child Education In Wayanad Disaster	India	$7,154
Sungava Homes, Kathmandu	Nepal	$53,223
Suvendu Memorial Trust	India	$35,000
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Society, Kerala	India	$140,465
Swamy Vivekananda Medical Mission	India	$41,817
Tailoring Project In Kerala	India	$5,000
Tribal Empowerment Attapady	India	$10,000
Udayan Care – New Delhi	India	$20,700
Ukraine	Ukraine	$50,506
Vivekananda Kendra	India	$20,050
Youth For Seva	Nepal	$57,100

Table 11: Sewa Canada International Aid Inc. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Amount Sent Out-of-Country (Line 200)	% Out-of-Country (Line 200 vs Total Expenses)
2009	$161,664	87.3%
2010	$154,454	92.6%
2011	$118,765	1502.6%
2012	$141,075	2018.5%
2013	$144,378	94.0%
2014	$179,500	95.0%
2015	$180,826	96.6%
2016	$267,910	97.7%
2017
2018
2019
2020	$204,215	93.7%
2021	$2,012,128	96.4%
2022	$216,203	84.5%
2023	$262,855	91.6%
2024	$300,606	88.5%

4 | Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada

The Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada (EVFC) was founded in 2006 and is a subsidiary of Ekal Abhiyan Trust (EAT) / Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India (EVFI).⁴⁴ EAT was the vision and creation of a “top RSS organizer”, Bhaurao Deoras, who was also the brother of the third RSS chief (sarsanghchalak) Madhukar Dattatreya Deoras.⁴⁵ In addition to being a direct subsidiary of an RSS-affiliated organization, EVFC has also co-hosted events with Sangh affiliates, hosted RSS or other Sangh speakers, and shared officials with Sangh appendages.⁴⁶

Ekal Vidyalaya is one of many tools of RSS indoctrination. The thousands of Ekal Vidyalaya schools, often run by one-teacher, are “merely the starting point of the Sangh’s aim of influencing every other major aspect of the entire village’s life—education, health, economy, environment, self-empowerment, culture, sense of morality and the religion they follow.”⁴⁷ This has been documented by the Government of India itself, when the BJP was not in power.⁴⁸ “The training to the teachers of Ekal schools was mainly to spread communal disharmony in the communities and also to inculcate a fundamentalist political ideology… creating enmity amongst communities on the basis of religion.”⁴⁹

Since 2009, the vast majority of EVFC’s funds are sent to RSS-linked organizations in India, including EVFI. In addition to sending funds to EVFI (and a small donation to EVF in the US), EVFC has sent funds to the Arogya Foundation India, Ekal Gramothan Foundation, and Prayas School Welfare Society India. Notably, these were reported on the T1236 form, and it appears their Schedule 2 form.

The Arogya Foundation is the medical component of EAT⁵⁰ while Ekal Gramothan is another wing focused on rural self-reliance.⁵¹ The Prayas Welfare Society is listed by Seeing the Sangh as possibly linked to RSS as it is listed as an affiliate of Rashitriya Seva Bharati, an RSS affiliated organization.⁵²

Table 12: Donor: Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada. 2014 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
	Arogya Foundation India	$175,000
	Ekal Gramothan Foundation	$98,010
	Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of India	$3,055,192
	Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of USA	$250
	Prayas School Welfare Society India	$4,652

Table 13: Recipient: Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada. 2009 to 2025

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
107641953RR0001	London Community Foundation	$500
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$500
118984228RR0001	Kiwanis Forest City Welfare Trust	$12,500
119260495RR0001	United Way Fort Mcmurray And Wood Buffalo	$1,764
119260503RR0001	United Way Elgin Middlesex	$341
119276509RR0001	United Way Of Saskatoon And Area	$120
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$16,812
119282895RR0001	Vedic Aryan Cultural Society	$47,000
119300960RR0001	The Winnipeg Foundation	$1,000
130229750RR0001	United Way Of Calgary And Area	$214
130650898RR0001	The Victoria Foundation	$29,540
136491875RR0001	Toronto Foundation	$42,000
741413892RR0001	My Charity Fund	$482
762806529RR0001	Shubh Helping Hands	$500
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$800
802678748RR0001	Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation	$17,227
804213759RR0001	Benefaction Foundation	$2,750
805886876RR0001	Society For The Education And Assistance Of Rural Indian Children – SEARIC	$250
807183660RR0001	Cenovus Employee Foundation	$3,400
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$12,025
816167332RR0001	Shukrana Foundation Inc.	$2,500
816666754RR0001	Hindi Writers Guild Canada	$1,000
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$486
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$5,001
857210744RR0001	Private Giving Foundation	$12,507
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$168,915
864546817RR0001	Ontario Power Generation Employees` And Pensioners` Charity Trust Fund	$1,000
864925425RR0001	Christine A. Sethi-Van Impe Foundation	$2,500
866087034RR0001	Aqueduct Foundation	$12,000
887280790RR0001	Indo-Canadian Community Centre	$25,500
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$5,500
889158861RR0001	Vishwa Hindu Parishad Of Ontario (Canada)	$3,200
889186391RR0001	Sri Sualal Poddar Charitable Foundation	$5,000
889594479RR0001	The Jain Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	$6,876
890271448RR0001	Saskatchewan Community Foundation Corp.	$1,500
890289648RR0001	Kamloops Hindu Cultural Society	$1,100
890939887RR0001	Jindal Foundation	$116,000
892425166RR0001	The Azrieli Foundation	$1,000
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$42,174

Table 14: Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada. Schedule 2: 2013 to 2024

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Arogya Foundation Of India	INDIA	$175,000
Ekal Gramothan Foundation	INDIA	$98,010
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of India	INDIA	$3,554,782
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of USA	UNITED STATES	$250
Prayas School Welfare Society India	INDIA	$4,652

Table 15: Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Amount Sent Out-of-Country (Line 200)	% Out-of-Country (Line 200 vs Total Expenses)
2009	$45,760	92.0%
2010	$43,180	94.6%
2011	$43,139	97.0%
2012
2013
2014	$65,495	472.3%
2015	$121,930	88.2%
2016	$212,000	94.8%
2017	$485,329	95.6%
2018	$310,080	78.0%
2019	$335,250	96.8%
2020	$450,000	97.0%
2021	$325,000	97.5%
2022	$578,020	98.5%
2023	$450,000	91.7%
2024	$450,000	91.5%

5 | Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton

The Hindu Society of Ottawa-Carleton is an advocacy group located in Nepean, Ontario. It was established in 1992 and is a registered charity.⁵³ It has received funds from Sangh sources, sent money to Sangh organizations, and has links to RSS organizations in its materials.⁵⁴

The Society donates funds to RSS-affiliated organizations both in Canada and India. These include:

• Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.
• Chinmaya Mission Halton
• Aim For Seva
• Akhil Bharatiya Vk, Jashpur Nagar
• Arpana Trust
• Bharat Kalyan Pratisthan
• Bharat Sevashram Sangh
• Bharat Vikas Parishad
• Jankalyan Niwasi Vidyalaya
• Jnan Prabodhini
• Manav Sewa Pratisthan
• Mangala Sewa Samithi Trust
• Ramakrishna Mission
• Samarpan Trust
• Sevalaya
• Sewa Bharati
• Vatsalya Trust
• Vivekananda Kendra

Notably, they have reported some donations out-of-country on their T1236 form and others on their Schedule 2. Unlike EVFC, these do not appear to be duplicate entries, but rather unique donations (in at least some instances). Therefore, it is difficult to analyze the total amount of funds sent out-of-country.

Table 16: Donor: Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton. 2003 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
086904274RR0001	Ottawa Hospital Foundation	$2,000
106862949RR0001	Liver Canada Foie Canada	$1,300
108082363RR0001	The Ottawa Food Bank	$1,200
112978877RR0001	University of Ottawa Scholarship Fund	$19,600
118807478RR0001	Bharat Sevashram Sangha Canada	$10,000
118829803RR0006	Canadian Cancer Society –	$850
118830744RR0001	Canadian Diabetes Association	$1,500
118838937RR0001	Carleton University	$3,350
118851922RR0001	Child Haven International – Accueil International Pour L`Enfance	$1,000
119108439RR0001	Radio Carleton Inc.	$3,106
119129179RR0001	Royal Ottawa Foundation For Mental Health	$500
119219459RR0003	The Canadian National Institute For The Blind	$51
119219814RR0001	The Canadian Red Cross Society	$17,226
129847190RR0001	Ottawa Independent Living Resource Centre	$14,150
133049593RR0001	Hindu Temple Of Ottawa-Carleton Inc	$8,850
135752822RR0001	Soli-Can Lac Saint-Jean Est (Solidarite-Cancer)	$200
137253571RR0001	Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation	$31,600
137604195RR0001	Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association	$1,000
140290735RR0001	Habitat For Humanity National Capital Region	$600
140776980RR0001	Breast Cancer Action Sensibilisation Au Cancer Du Sein	$100
809783145RR0001	Radha Madhav Society	$1,000
837976273RR0001	Chi-Ki Children’s Charity	$1,373
847805249RR0001	Canadians Sharing Locally And Globally	$20,000
864741897RR0001	Sathya Sai School Of Toronto – Canada	$3,000
869042747RR0001	The Ottawa Hospital Foundation	$22,137
869749606RR0001	Friends Of Hospice Ottawa	$250
870505880RR0001	Sampradaya Dance Creations	$3,400
873580690RR0001	Wabano Centre For Aboriginal Health Inc	$1,000
885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	$5,000
888243391RR0001	The Toronto-Calcutta Foundation	$10,000
888460441RR0001	Bruyére Health Foundation	$7,750
889046397RR0001	Handi-Care Intl.	$2,000
890024995RR0001	Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation	$5,200
890525371RR0001	Deshantari – Of Ottawa-Carleton In Trust	$500
890939887RR0001	Jindal Foundation	$19,630
892908849RR0001	Canadian Cancer Society Employee’s Charity Trust	$250
893661587RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Halton	$12,100
894659267RR0001	Bhawani Anantaraman Foundation	$9,373
896354008RR0001	Stephen Lewis Foundation	$11,000
899251821RR0001	Mukul Hindi School	$2,700
899285276RR0001	Family Services Association of Churches (FAMSAC)	$1,000
	(Empty)	$60,764
	Adra Canada, Oshawa, On	$200
	Aim For Seva	$12,500
	Akhil Bharatiya Vk, Jashpur Nagar (All India)	$500
	Alzheimer Society Of Canada	$450
	American Cancer Society	$100
	Arpana Trust	$9,000
	Arthritis Society, Ottawa	$260
	Arya Samaj, Gandhidham	$607
	Astha	$500
	Bamf Ottawa/Bhawani Mem.	$12,037
	Bharat Kalyan Pratisthan (All India)	$300
	Bharat Sevashram Sangh	$23,984
	Bharat Vikas Parishad	$42,600
	Bharat Vikas Parishad (All India)	$18,400
	Bombay Leprosy Project, Mumbai (Maha.)	$1,900
	Breast Cancer, Weekend To End, Ottawa	$250
	Canadian Cancer Society, Toronto	$250
	Canadian Diabetes Association, Ottawa	$100
	Canadian Diabetes Association, Toronto	$250
	Canadian Liver Foundation, Ottawa	$250
	Canadian Museum Of Nature, Ottawa	$10,000
	CKCU Radio, Ottawa	$100
	Devraj Charitable Trust	$2,200
	Divya Manav Jyoti Anathalaya Dehar Hp	$7,000
	Eoohc Windsor	$3,000
	Halo Medical	$195
	Hindu Temple	$684
	Hindu Temple (Hind Heritageendowment)	$12,000
	International Development Usa	$6,230
	Ishara	$3,000
	Jagriti School For Blind Girls	$1,747
	Jan Kalyan Trust	$1,200
	Jankalyan Niwasi Vidyalaya, Latur (Maha.)	$2,000
	Jnan Prabodhini, Pune (Maha.)	$2,651
	Jsb School	$1,000
	Kakatia Trust, Andhra Pradesh	$6,479
	Kanata Food Bank	$240
	Make A Wish Founation	$16,000
	Manav Kalyan Pratisthan Kolkata Wb	$6,000
	Manav Sewa Pratisthan	$35,990
	Mangala Sewa Samithi Trust, Mangalore (Kar.)	$300
	Manthan Yuva Sansthan, Ranchi Jharkhand	$3,801
	Med Research Foundation Chennai	$3,375
	Mhaskar Medical Foundation	$995
	Minda Charitable Trust, Udaipur Raj	$63,584
	Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre	$650
	Nysasdri	$4,137
	Orissa Women`S Voluntary Service, Cuttack, Orr	$250
	Ottawa Cancer Society	$100
	Ottawa Carleton District School Bd	$1,331
	Ottawa Heart Institute	$9,105
	Perley And Rideau Veteran`S Health Centre	$200
	Prostate Cancer Research Foundation Of Canada	$250
	Puttagunta Trust, Andhra Pradesh	$34,553
	Queensway Hospital	$4,000
	Ramakrishna Mission, (Delhi, Hardwar, Jk, Kanpur)	$30,287
	Rasa	$597
	Rasa, Chennai (Tn)	$1,289
	Ratandevi Prayagchandra Trust	$10,000
	Rotary Club Of South Nepean	$1,400
	S V P Education Trust	$13,530
	Samarpan Trust	$4,647
	Sarvodaya Trust, Gujarat	$300
	Scarf	$1,509
	Scarf, Chennai (Tamil Nadu)	$1,289
	Sewa Bharati	$10,188
	Sewa Bharati, New Delhi (Mandoi, U.P.)	$5,000
	Shree Ram Sharanam	$34,500
	Shree Ram Sharanam, Gaithersburg Md Usa	$5,601
	Shri Satya Sai Education Trust, Nairobi, Kenya	$1,000
	Social Outreach Foundation, Noida (Up)	$530
	Sri R.K. Sarda Ed, Trust, Tiruchirapalli Tn	$39,607
	Svp Education Trust	$31,000
	Td Canada Trust-Charity Ball Tournament	$200
	Tiwari J.B. Charitable Trust	$56,328
	Udavum Karangai, Chennai	$1,289
	V Joshi Charitable Trust	$129,209
	Vatsalya Trust	$2,000
	Vidya Jyoti School	$2,302
	Vivekananda Kendra	$47,454
	Ymca/Ywca National Capital, Ottawa	$100
	Yogoda	$154,792
	Youth Technical Training Services (Ytts) Chandigarh	$650

Table 17: Recipient: Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton. 2000 to 2025

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$3,989
119227981RR0001	Ottawa Community Foundation	$1,000
119236370RR0001	The Gujarati Cultural Association Of Ottawa	$3,766
135063477RR0001	The Singhal Family Foundation	$15,800
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$597
857210744RR0001	Private Giving Foundation	$4,303
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$1,930
865235691RR0001	Shree Ganesh Yag Pariwar	$7,700
868284514RR0001	Sharika Foundation	$4,551
869980714RR0001	Gangopadhyay Charitable Foundation	$189,600
877495713RR0001	Bell Canada Employees` Charity Trust	$154
887280790RR0001	Indo-Canadian Community Centre	$50,000
890178445RR0001	Atco Electric Epic	$258
890289648RR0001	Kamloops Hindu Cultural Society	$1,000
890939887RR0001	Jindal Foundation	$91,000
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$3,947
896713500RR0001	Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation	$750

Table 18: Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton. Schedule 2: 2013 to 2023

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Anandam Chennai, Tamil Nadu	India	$6,010
Arya Samaj, Gandhidham, Gj	India	$3,722
Ashray-Akruti Hyderabad, Ap	India	$12,908
Bharat Sevashram Sangh (Delhi/Kolkata/Mumbai)	India	$37,352
Bharat Sevashram Sangh, Kolkata, Wb	India	$52,352
Bombay Leprosy Project, Mumbai (Maha.)	India	$5,701
Charat Sevashram Sangh (Delhi/Kolkata/Mumbai)	India	$10,758
Chenai Relief	India	$3,860
Community Health Education Scoeity, Chennai	India	$5,000
Community Health Society	India	$1,010
Kerala Flood Relief	India	$1,423
Kwmaon Agriculture & Greenry Advancement, Uttarakhand	India	$10,109
List Of 8 Organisations Attached As Annexture To Sch 2	India	$8,040
National Youth Service Action And Social Development	India	$3,775
Nyasasdri	India	$4,251
Nysasdri, Orissa	India	$4,869
Nysasdri, Orissa (Disaster)	India	$2,010
Ramakrishna Math Kalady Kerala	India	$1,903
Ramakrishna Math Mangalore Karnataka	India	$5,903
Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, Tn	India	$3,615
Ramakrishna Math, Chennai, Tn (Mylapore)	India	$7,007
Ramakrishna Mission Dehradun	India	$3,775
Ramakrishna Mission Mangalore	India	$2,010
Ramakrishna Mission, Ashrama	India	$4,000
Ramakrishna Mission, Delhi	India	$1,480
Ramakrishna Mission, Haridhwar	India	$5,470
Ramakrishna Mission, Kanpur	India	$15,184
Ramakrishna Mission, Sevashrama	India	$4,000
Rasa Chennai Tn	India	$9,435
Real	India	$4,980
Sevalaya, Chennai Tn	India	$7,010
Sri R K Sarda Ed Trust, Tiruchirapalli	India	$7,929
Udhavim Ullangal, Chennai	India	$6,010
V. Joshi Charitable Trust, Derwan (Maha.)	India	$40,645

Table 19: Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Amount Sent Out-of-Country (Line 200)	% Out-of-Country (Line 200 vs Total Expenses)
2009	$266,823	613.9%
2010
2011
2012	$142,425	90.5%
2013	$142,425	90.5%
2014	$73,109	97.0%
2015	$155,390	95.2%
2016	$109,743	95.4%
2017
2018	$56,093	93.7%
2019	$89,329	98.2%
2020	$25,470	63.6%
2021	$8,040	55.1%
2022	$13,070	6702.6%
2023	$37,000	5891.7%
2024	$19,080	72.8%

6 | CIF Charitable Foundations

CIF Charitable Foundations or the Canada India Foundation (CIF) is a Canadian charity originally registered in 2007. According to Seeing the Sangh it is a “nonpartisan, non-governmental organization established to foster bilateral relations between Canada and India.” Unlike many of the other organizations listed here which have a parent body based in India, CIF is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.⁵⁵ CIF has co-hosted events with Sangh affiliates and hosted RSS or other Sangh affiliated speakers.⁵⁶

CIF has not reported donations to other charities in Canada or gifts to organization out-of-country. CIF’s biggest charity donor is the Chanchlani Foundation, a private foundation established by Vasu Chanchlani. He was also one of the founding members of CIF.⁵⁷

Table 20: Recipient: CIF Charitable Foundations. 2012 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
774238414RR0001	Kingsway Charitable Foundation	$7,000
803271865RR0001	Chanchlani Foundation	$55,500
812867752RR0001	PayPal Giving Fund Canada	$37,373
845528827RR0001	CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$36,000
848038519RR0001	Seth Foundation For Health And Human Welfare	$2,000
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$200

7 | Indo-Canadian Community Centre

The Indo-Canadian Community Centre is a registered charity in Ottawa, Ontario. It has co-hosted events with Sangh affiliates, shared officials with Sangh appendages, and sent money to Sangh organizations including Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada and Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton.

Table 21: Donor: Indo-Canadian Community Centre. 2008 to 2023

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
106846819RR0001	Canadian Guide Dogs For The Blind	$100
107513145RR0001	Interval House Of Ottawa	$25,987
108082363RR0001	The Ottawa Food Bank	$4,000
108102831RR0001	The Governors Of The University Of Alberta	$5,500
108150509RR0001	The Ottawa Mission	$3,500
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$3,500
118838937RR0001	Carleton University	$15,000
118851922RR0001	Child Haven International	$18,800
118852474RR0001	Children’s Hospital Of Eastern Ontario Foundation	$2,100
118921642RR0001	Fondation De L`Hopital Montfort	$1,540
119108439RR0001	Radio Carleton Inc.	$650
119219814RR0001	The Canadian Red Cross Society	$2,000
119278877RR0001	University Of Ottawa	$22,350
137253571RR0001	Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation	$5,000
803407956RR0001	Charity Intelligence Canada	$500
823598636RR0001	The Snowsuit Fund	$400
847805249RR0001	Canadians Sharing Locally And Globally	$2,650
853421162RR0001	Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada	$25,500
855581252RR0001	Dalit Freedom Network Canada Foundation	$1,440
869042747RR0001	The Ottawa Hospital Foundation	$5,430
876017609RR0001	Shepherds Of Good Hope Foundation	$1,500
880745286RR0001	The Outcare Foundation	$9,307
888460441RR0001	Bruyére Health Foundation	$200
889969390RR0001	Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	$50,000
890024995RR0001	Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation	$200
893416164RR0001	Elisabeth-Bruyere Foundation	$15,000
898311170RR0001	Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation	$1,500
	Children`s Hospital of Eastern Ontario	$1,000

Table 22: Recipient: Indo-Canadian Community Centre. 2010 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
108160250RR0001	United Way Prescott-Russell, Ottawa, Lanark And Renfrew Counties	$130
119157824RR0001	South India Cultural Association	$2,000
119227981RR0001	Ottawa Community Foundation	$85,545
135063477RR0001	The Singhal Family Foundation	$4,000
812004323RR0001	Mona & Nav Aggarwal Foundation	$7,000
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$135
840593628RR0001	WCPD Foundation	$5,500
866087034RR0001	Aqueduct Foundation	$25,154
890939887RR0001	Jindal Foundation	$1,500
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$48

8 | AIM for Seva Canada

All India Movement (AIM) for Seva is an organization focused on providing services to children in rural India.⁵⁸ It was founded in 2000 in Chennai, and has strong links with to the RSS. This includes having co-hosted events with Sangh affiliates, received funds from Sangh sources, hosted speakers from the RSS, and shared offices with Sangh appendages.⁵⁹

In Canada, AIM for Seva is a registered charity since 2007. Its website makes the link to AIM for Seva in India explicit.⁶⁰ Since 2009, AIM for Seva Canada has sent anywhere from 45.3% to 94.2% of its annual expenses out-of-country. Since 2013, they have sent over $7 million to AIM for Seva India. This represents nearly 60% of all revenues since 2013.

Table 23: Donor: AIM for Seva. 2007 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
136491875RR0001	Toronto Foundation	$274,078
866087034RR0001	Aqueduct Foundation	$100,000
889046397RR0001	Handi-Care Intl.	$9,951

Table 24: Recipient: AIM for Seva. 2007 to 2024.

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
107268864RR0001	Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board	$1,000
107966749RR0001	Selwyn House Association	$95
108160243RR0001	United Way Of Oakville	$253
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$150
108186115RR0001	Voice Of The Vedas Cultural Sabha Inc.	$1,000
118788579RR0001	Appleby College	$5,500
119269744RR0001	Trinity College School	$118
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$103,590
119278521RR0001	United Way Of York Region	$96
130229750RR0001	United Way Of Calgary And Area	$6,279
136491875RR0001	Toronto Foundation	$115,260
770909927RR0001	Sudev Charitable Foundation	$40,000
774238414RR0001	Kingsway Charitable Foundation	$14,136
788986123RR0001	Surya Foundation	$7,000
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$154
802678748RR0001	Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation	$5,607
802834275RR0001	The Madan And Raksha M Bhayana Family Foundation	$150
803693142RR0001	The Virmani Family Charitable Foundation	$1,000
804213759RR0001	Fondation Benefaction/ Benefaction Foundation	$1,200
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$553
831710009RR0001	Seva International Charitable Foundation	$5,500
832173900RR0001	Raymond James Canada Foundation	$15,000
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$3,000
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$33,074
866087034RR0001	Aqueduct Foundation	$700,000
869710111RR0001	P.O.A. Educational Foundation	$25,000
869980714RR0001	Gangopadhyay Charitable Foundation	$8,000
871525333RR0001	The Sixty Three Foundation	$8,000
887996296RR0001	Deloitte Foundation Canada	$27,500
888165065RR0001	Telus Employees Charitable Trust	$2,080
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$2,000
892704859RR0001	Rbc Foundation/Rbc Fondation	$2,500
894576958RR0001	Vijay Anand Foundation	$233,809
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$21,594
896713500RR0001	Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation	$3,000

Table 25: AIM for Seva. Schedule 2: 2013 to 2024.

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Aim For Seva India	INDIA	$7,391,864
Baba Aaugaarh Sri Fateh Nath Ji Charitable Trust	INDIA	$87,030
Kareli Education Trust	INDIA	$27,500
Swami Dayananda Educational Trust	INDIA	$425,000

Table 26: AIM for Seva. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Amount Sent Out-of-Country (Line 200)	% Out-of-Country (Line 200 vs Total Expenses)
2009	$175,245	86.6%
2010	$318,001	83.9%
2011	$230,341	74.8%
2012	$376,615	88.5%
2013	$590,819	90.1%
2014	$357,884	0.0%
2015	$285,300	45.3%
2016	$354,350	89.4%
2017	$1,018,629	91.3%
2018	$1,884,577	94.2%
2019
2020	$557,335	82.4%
2021	$525,800	79.0%
2022	$774,200	76.6%
2023	$591,500	73.0%
2024	$991,000	62.1%

9 | Bharat Sevashram Sangha Canada

Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) is a Bengal-based organization that was founded in 1917. It is focused on religious community and service provision.⁶¹ BSS has hosted RSS or other Sangh linked speakers and have also reportedly conducted joint programs with Sangh affiliates.⁶²

In Canada, BSS has been a registered charity since 1974. They explicitly list BSS India as its parent body.⁶³ BSS Canada has not reported spending any funds on charitable activities since 2015. They also only reported gifts out-of-country in 2011. Instead, it lists most of its expenses as “other” creating a lack of transparency around how its funds are spent. There appears to be a trend whereby BSS Canada spends a significant portion of their revenue on interest and bank charges. In 2024, they reported spending $116,311 on interest and bank charges, representing over half of their annual expenses. Similarly, in 2023, they spent $123,286 on interest and bank charges, over 60% of their expenses.

Table 27: Recipient: Bharat Sevashram Sangha. 2017 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$100
119067692RR0001	Ontario Credit Union Foundation	$200
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$1,555
136787884RR0001	Shiva Milan Mandir Of Ontario	$1,000
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$211
804213759RR0001	Benefaction Foundation	$2,000
832288468RR0001	Shree Jagannath Temple Canada	$3,600
857210744RR0001	Private Giving Foundation	$262
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$1,582
888047826RR0001	Link Charity Canada Inc	$30,389
890525371RR0001	Deshantari – Of Ottawa-Carleton In Trust	$900
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$321

Table 28: Bharat Sevashram Sangha. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Amount Sent Out-of-Country (Line 200)	% Out-of-Country (Line 200 vs Total Expenses)
2009	$11,000	27.8%

10 | Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha

Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) is an “international religious sect with deep but ambiguous ties to the Sangh. (It has an independent structure, but significant ‘horizontal ties’ with the Sangh.)”⁶⁴ BAPS was founded in 1907 in Ahmedabad. It has co-hosted events with Sangh affiliates, hosted RSS or other Sangh speakers, and received funds from Sangh sources.⁶⁵

BAPS is also currently the subject of a criminal investigation for oppressed-caste exploitation and labour trafficking.⁶⁶ In 2021, the FBI raided a BAPS temple construction site in New Jersey, “resuing “about one hundred workers trapped in exploitative conditions.”⁶⁷ Workers have since launched a lawsuit alleging forced labour and trafficking, immigration fraud, wage theft, and caste-based discrimination.⁶⁸ “The case of Dalit and Adivasi temple carvers stands as another paradigm where
capitalist control of labour and global laws around citizenship and migration, religion, and caste co-conspire to perpetuate caste and class oppression.”⁶⁹

In Canada, BAPS has at least four registered charities: BAPS Charities Inc, BAPS Charitable Properties Inc, BAPS Inc, BAPS Mandir Development Inc. While multiple of the organizations give to and receive from various community organizations, they also circulate the money within the four organizations. This has principally been between BAPS Mandir Development Inc and BAPS Inc. Between 2022 and 2024, BAPS Mandir Development Inc gifted BAPS Inc over $33 million and BAPS Charitable Properties Inc nearly $2 million. BAPS Inc also gifted BAPS Mandir Development $10 million in 2022.

Both BAPS Charities Inc and BAPS Inc also give significant amounts out-of-country, with $300,000 to BAPS Public Trust in India and $7.8 million to BAPS Fellowship Services in the US, respectively.

BAPS Charities Inc

Table 29: Donor: BAPS Charities Inc. 2004 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
107472839RR0001	Heart And Stroke Foundation Of Ontario	$20,002
108084419RR0001	The Hospital For Sick Children Foundation	$115,003
108102864RR0001	The Governors Of The University Of Calgary	$75,000
119142263RR0001	Scarborough Health Network Foundation	$21,000
119219459RR0003	The Canadian National Institute For The Blind	$26,500
119219814RR0001	The Canadian Red Cross Society	$10,000
119245678RR0001	Trillium Health Partners Foundation	$2,500
122073158RR0001	Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation	$5,000
122680572RR0001	Canadian Unicef Committee/Comite Unicef Canada	$30,000
129965133RR0001	William Osler Health System Foundation	$85,000
860291467RR0001	Toronto Parks And Trees Foundation	$500
885731018RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc.	$20,000
888267440RR0001	Canadian Council Of Hindus (1985)	$25,000
889007597RR0001	The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation	$120,000

Table 30: Recipient: BAPS Charities Inc. 2008 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
107462988RR0001	United Way Halton & Hamilton	$25
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$170
118949635RR0001	Gujarati Mandal Of Calgary	$19,000
119260495RR0001	United Way Fort Mcmurray And Wood Buffalo	$994
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$2,618
130229750RR0001	United Way Of Calgary And Area	$722
133259952RR0001	Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre	$5,505
776700916RR0001	Champsee Family Foundation	$10,000
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$1,254
802678748RR0001	Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation	$4,000
834626061RR0001	All World Gayatri Pariwar, Edmonton	$101
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$2,000
852238260RR0001	The Shayam Kaushal Charitable Foundation	$500
857210744RR0001	Private Giving Foundation	$861
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$199,515
866073331RR0001	Shayona Charities Inc.	$449,989
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$12,601
890178445RR0001	Atco Electric Epic	$300
890381882RR0001	Suncor Energy Foundation	$12,550
892704859RR0001	RBC Foundation	$13,500
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$32,968
896713500RR0001	Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation	$15,500

Table 31: BAPS Charities Inc. Schedule 2: 2015 to 2021.

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Public Charitable Trust	INDIA	$250,000
Boshasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Public Trust of Ahmedabad	INDIA	$50,000

Table 32: BAPS Charities Inc. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Schedule 2	% Out-of Country
2015	$50,000	17.6%
2016
2017
2018	$50,000	22.9%
2019
2020
2021	$200,000	68.5%

BAPS Charitable Properties Inc

Table 33: Recipient: BAPS Charitable Properties Inc. 2010 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
868987710RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Development Inc.	$1,960,000
890381882RR0001	Suncor Energy Foundation/Fondation Suncor Energie	$32,227

BAPS Inc

Table 34: Donor: BAPS Inc. 2000 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
107472839RR0001	Heart & Stroke Foundation	$1,750
108186115RR0001	Voice of the Vedas Cultural Sabha Inc	$7,942
123605883RR0001	Hindu Cultural Society, Scarbrough, ON	$501
133259952RR0001	Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre	$8,093
135758399RR0001	Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation	$151
821666542RR0001	Shri Swaminarayan Siddhant Sajeevan Mandal	$501
868987710RR0001	BAPS Foundation Inc	$10,019,815
877745810RR0001	Pushtimargiya Vaishnav Samaj of Canada	$15,884
886519594RR0001	Lohana Charitable Foundation	$599

Table 35: Recipient: BAPS Inc. 2003 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
108155797RR0002	Jewish Foundation Of Greater Toronto	$10,000
108160219RR0001	United Way Of Kitchener-Waterloo And Area	$88
108160243RR0001	United Way Of Oakville	$1,560
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario	$346
119044121RR0001	Molson Coors Canada Donations Fund	$20,000
119067692RR0001	Ontario Credit Union Foundation	$50
119260487RR0001	United Way Of The Alberta Capital Region	$1,003
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$125,962
119278521RR0001	United Way Of York Region	$801
133259952RR0001	Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre	$4,000
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$145
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$25
829320431RR0001	The Prabhudas And Vijya Ruparell Family Foundation	$251,502
845404722RR0001	Heritage Of India Inc.	$506,968
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$3,489
846732014RR0001	Bhagwan Shree Lakshmi Narayan Dham	$504
852238260RR0001	The Shayam Kaushal Charitable Foundation	$750
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation	$47,575
864546817RR0001	Ontario Power Generation Employees` And Pensioners` Charity Trust Fund	$1,863
866073331RR0001	Shayona Charities Inc.	$709,134
868563941RR0001	Hydro One Employees` And Pensioners` Charity Trust Fund	$1,329
868987710RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Development Inc.	$33,626,884
869530865RR0001	Longo`s Family Charitable Foundation	$500
888268331RR0001	Sayal Charitable Foundation	$50,701
890381882RR0001	Suncor Energy Foundation/Fondation Suncor Energie	$1,500
891706772RR0001	Niagara Hindu Samaj	$101
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$91,954

Table 36: BAPS Inc. Schedule 2: 2014 to 2024

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Fellowship Services Inc.	United States	$7,881,009

Table 37: BAPS Inc. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Schedule 2	% Out-of Country
2016	$350,000	8.9%
2017	$312,500	6.3%
2018	$733,508	14.4%
2019	$800,000	14.0%
2020	$1,375,000	29.9%
2021	$1,300,000	23.9%
2022	$1,610,001	8.6%
2023	$1,400,000	10.7%

BAPS Mandir Development Inc

Table 38: Donor: BAPS Mandir Development Inc. 2022 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
868980319RR0001	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Ch	$1,960,000
885731018RR0002	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha In	$33,626,884

Table 39: Recipient: BAPS Mandir Development Inc. 2006 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$600
133259952RR0001	Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre	$5,000
776700916RR0001	Champsee Family Foundation	$2,500
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$250
829320431RR0001	The Prabhudas And Vijya Ruparell Family Foundation	$51,001
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$33,370
846732014RR0001	Bhagwan Shree Lakshmi Narayan Dham	$500
849485321RR0001	Fiera Capital Foundation – Fondation Fiera Capital	$3,600
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$43,108
866073331RR0001	Shayona Charities Inc.	$602,001
885731018RR0002	Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc.	$10,019,815
890005861RR0001	General Motors Of Canada Limited Employees Charity	$500
891706772RR0001	Niagara Hindu Samaj	$401
892487778RR0001	Lohana Cultural Association Of British Columbia	$151
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$5,984
896713500RR0001	Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds De Bienfaisance Canada	$15,000

11 | Chinmaya Mission

Chinmaya Mission is a religious organization based in Mumbai. It “conducts and offers study of the Vedanta” and was founded in 1953.⁷⁰ It has countless links to the RSS including attending Sangh conferences, co-hosting events, hosting speakers, sharing offices, sharing officials, sending money, and being publicly affiliated to RSS by Sangh organizations.⁷¹

There are at least 7 associated locations in Canada.⁷² With the exception of a few donations out-of-country by the Halton Centre between 2013 and 2018, no other international gifts are recorded. A fair number of donations have however been recorded between Chinmaya Mission centres across Canada. Several centres have also donated to and/or received from Seva Canada, another organization linked to the RSS.

Chinmaya Mission Calgary Centre

Table 40: Donor: Chinmaya Mission Calgary Centre. 2016 to 2023

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara Falls	$25,000
889376380RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Vancouver	$2,052

Table 41: Recipient: Chinmaya Mission Calgary Centre. 2016 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
130229750RR0001	United Way Of Calgary And Area	$238
741413892RR0001	My Charity Fund	$96
840387815RR0001	The John & Ellie Voortman Charitable Foundation	$1,500
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$25,000
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$13,175
888570249RR0001	School Of East Indian Languages And Performing Arts Of Calgary	$100,001
889376380RR0001	Chinmaya Mission-Vancouver	$163,033
891585390RR0001	Lohn Foundation	$1,000
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$5,071

Chinmaya Mission Halton

Table 42: Recipient: Chinmaya Mission Halton. 2000 to 2025

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$11,130
133049593RR0001	Hindu Temple Of Ottawa-Carleton Inc	$1,000
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$14
840593628RR0001	WCPD Foundation	$500
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$1,126
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$3,811
885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	$301
889969390RR0001	Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton	$12,100
890525371RR0001	Deshantari – Of Ottawa-Carleton In Trust	$200
890939887RR0001	Jindal Foundation	$55,000
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$98,682
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est De L`Ontario	$9,834

Table 43: Chinmaya Mission Halton. Schedule 2: 2013 to 2018

Recipient Name	Country	Amount
Central Chinmaya Mission Trust-India	India	$4,003
Chinmay-Aranyam-India	India	$12,204
CORD – Sidhbari-India, Chinmayaranyam-India	India	$6,026
CORD-Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	$111,425

Table 44: Chinmaya Mission Halton. Schedule 2 vs Total Expenses

Year	Amount Sent Out-of-Country (Line 200)	% Out-of-Country (Line 200 vs Total Expenses)
2010	$95,508	53.5%
2011	$61,311	57.5%
2012	$211,803	86.5%
2013	$17,343	19.3%
2014	$20,123	11.8%
2015
2016
2017
2018	$22,273	14.4%

Chinmaya Mission London

Table 45: Donor: Chinmaya Mission London. 2018 to 2023

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$11,348
885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc	$4,900
	Chinmaya Mission Toronto	$250

Table 46: Recipient: Chinmaya Mission London. 2018 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
107641953RR0001	London Community Foundation	$2,100
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$180
804213759RR0001	Fondation Benefaction/ Benefaction Foundation	$250
804810893RR0001	My Tribute Gift Foundation	$0
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$200
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$500
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$6,500
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$1,585
888047826RR0001	Link Charity Canada Inc	$17,711
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$45,635

1. Chinmaya Mission Niagara

Table 47: Donor: Chinmaya Mission Niagara. 2010 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
769784893	K B F Canada	$33,333
087070939RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Ottawa (Chinmaya Bharti)	$1,001
107861338RR0001	Project Share	$500
118819531RR0001	Brock University	$200
118853456RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Toronto	$23,563
119219814RR0001	Red Cross	$1,300
129716866RR0001	Oxfam Canada	$33,333
713675320RR0001	Chinmaya Mission London (Canada)	$6,500
810333963RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Calgary	$25,000
853421162RR0001	Ekal Vidyalya Foundation	$5,001
885411249RR0001	Seva Canada	$82,998
893661587RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Halton	$1,126

Table 48: Recipient: Chinmaya Mission Niagara. 2010 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$528
713675320RR0001	Chinmaya Mission London (Canada)	$6,343
804213759RR0001	Fondation Benefaction/ Benefaction Foundation	$5,000
810333963RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Calgary Centre	$25,000
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$469
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$6,123
867105322RR0001	Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire De Niagara	$300
888047826RR0001	Link Charity Canada Inc	$2,560
890381882RR0001	Suncor Energy Foundation/Fondation Suncor Energie	$750
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$480,623
896713500RR0001	Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds De Bienfaisance Canada	$201,471

Chinmaya Mission Ottawa

No data. Registered in 2025

Chinmaya Mission Toronto

Table 49: Donor: Chinmaya Mission Toronto. 2023 to 2024

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
784360810RC0001	Canadian Friends Of Guyana Ashram	$10,000
885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	$1,000

Table 50: Recipient: Chinmaya Mission Toronto. 2003 to 2025

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
108160250RR0001	United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est De L`Ontario	$208
118958461RR0001	Hindu Society Of Saskatchewan	$500
119266393RR0001	Td Securities Underwriting Hope Fund	$740
119278216RR0001	United Way Of Greater Toronto	$5,557
732443130RR0001	Gluskin Sheff Foundation For Philanthropy	$0
801966334RR0001	Charities Aid Foundation Canada	$90
802678748RR0001	Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation	$1,120
803271865RR0001	Chanchlani Foundation	$6,500
803693142RR0001	The Virmani Family Charitable Foundation	$1,100
804213759RR0001	Benefaction Foundation	$500
835413899RR0001	Subhash And Promila Jhamb Foundation	$2,000
845528827RR0001	Chimp: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)	$32,101
848038519RR0001	Seth Foundation For Health And Human Welfare	$500
848676987RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Niagara (Canada)	$23,563
857210744RR0001	Private Giving Foundation	$1,006
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$7,322
865235691RR0001	Shree Ganesh Yag Pariwar	$1,543
865649115RR0001	Konkani Association Of Ontario	$2,381
869710111RR0001	P.O.A. Educational Foundation	$10,000
885411249RR0001	Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.	$500
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$104,596
896713500RR0001	Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds De Bienfaisance Canada	$3,209

Chinmaya Mission Vancouver

Table 51: Donor: Chinmaya Mission Vancouver. 2000 to 2017

Recipient BN	Recipient Name	Amount
044-5957-37-24	Hindu Soc Of Calgary	$500
107449787RR0001	Greater Vancouver Food Bank	$1,202
108070939RR0001	Chinmaya Mission – Halton	$104,357
108184987RP001	Vishva Hindu Parishad	$1,102
108184987RR0001	Hindu Cultural Society	$51
118823459RR0001	Calgary Drop In Center	$100
118852433RR0001	Bc Children`S Hospital	$100
119068955RR0001	Operation Eyesight	$501
119219811RR0001	Canadian Red Calgary	$400
119219814RR0001	Canadian Red Cross	$100
119238285RR0001	Indian Cultural Society	$101
122680572RR0001	Unicef	$200
130167349RR0001	Calgary Food Bank	$100
141169086RR0001	Alternatives	$200
810333963RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Calgary	$163,033
887929644RR0001	Bc Transplant Foundation	$101
891462674RR0001	Victoria Hindu Parishad	$101
(empty)	Cm Krishnalaya	$1,029
	The Seed	$200

Table 52: Recipient: Chinmaya Mission Vancouver. 2013 to 2024

Donor BN	Donor Name	Amount
130229750RR0001	United Way Of Calgary And Area	$1,466
810333963RR0001	Chinmaya Mission Calgary Centre	$2,052
812867752RR0001	Paypal Giving Fund Canada	$0
862216165RR0001	Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation Canadienne De Dons En Ligne	$382
893753913RR0001	Marathi Society Of B.C.	$2,000
896568417RR0001	Canadahelps Canadon	$340

Legal Analysis

The Public Benefit Test

The Public Benefit test is a two part test that all charities must meet to be registered as a charitable organization in Canada. “At common law, an applicant organization will be determined charitable only if it meets two fundamental requirements:

1. The organization’s purposes must be exclusively and legally charitable
2. It must be established for the benefit of the public or a sufficient segment of the public.”⁷³

Part 2 of the test means a charity cannot “have an eligible beneficiary group that is…restricted based on criteria that are not justified based on the charitable purpose(s).”⁷⁴

While organizations can restrict benefits to certain groups, they must have justification.⁷⁵ This is often the case for religious organizations. However, “a restriction imposed on eligibility based on a person’s religion when the purpose of the undertaking is not religious in nature (for example, the establishment of a science museum) will likely fail the public benefit test and disentitle the applicant from being registered as charitable.”⁷⁶ Therefore, in the case of RSS-affiliated charities, any activities that are not religious in nature (e.g., education, disaster relief, medical services) would doubly fail the public benefit test where they are restricted to Hindus.

However, regardless of this fact, we further argue that any charity associated with the RSS, regardless of stated charitable purpose, fails to meet the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Public Benefit Test. As has been explained extensively, the RSS is a Hindu nationalist organization that actively targets non-Hindu groups, including Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Dalits, and Adivasis. RSS-affiliated activities directly contravene Canadian policy and law against discrimination and freedom of religion.⁷⁷ Canadian policy, as outlined by Global Affairs Canada, is clear that “freedom of religion or belief, is an important aspect of Canada’s constructive engagement in the world. Canada’s multi-cultural and multi-faith experience is reflective of Canadian efforts to champion inclusive and accountable governance, pluralism, and respect for diversity in all spheres of society…Canada has made the promotion of pluralism and inclusion, and the recognition of and respect for diversity a priority, both at home and abroad. In line with this commitment, Canada works with partners to enhance the international promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief.”⁷⁸

Further, Canadian policy against discrimination is enshrined in legislation including, but not limited to the Canadian Charter and various human rights codes. These policies and law have also been adopted by Canada through international legal instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Therefore, on the basis of RSS-affiliation alone, the listed Organizations’ charitable status should be revoked.

Failure to devote resources to its own charitable activities and supporting non-qualified donees

A Canadian Charity is required to “devote all of its resources to charitable activities carried on by the organization itself; a registered charity may only use its resources (funds, personnel and/or property) in two ways: for its own charitable activities – undertaken by the charity itself under its continued supervision, direction and control; and for gifting to ‘qualified donees’ as defined in the Act.”⁷⁹

While charities can act through an intermediary, they “must establish that the activity to be conducted will further its charitable purposes, and that it maintains continued direction and control over the activity and over the use of the resources it provides to the intermediary to carry out the activity on its behalf.”

Based on this analysis, we are asking the CRA to investigate the following Organizations for potential failure to devote its resources to its own charitable activities, gifting to non-qualified donees, and/or acting as a conduit:

1. Aim for Seva
2. Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Charities Inc.
3. Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha Inc.
4. Chinmaya Mission Halton
5. Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Of Canada
6. Hindu Society Of Ottawa-Carleton
7. Sewa Canada International Aid Inc.

Therefore, we ask the CRA to investigate these organizations for breaching sections 149.1(1), 249.1(2)(c), and 168(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act.

Failure to file accurate T3010 returns

In our review, we have identified significant errors in reporting from various organizations. As noted previously, some organizations have reported out-of-country donations on their T1236 forms. In other cases, Line 200 fails to match the total value listed on the Schedule 2 recipients form. In many cases, Organizations failed to provide accurate (and in some cases, any) business numbers on their T1236. Therefore, we ask the CRA to investigate these Organizations for breaching sections 149.1(14) and 168(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act.

Support for Political Activities

Canadians charities are not allowed to:

• Endorse or oppose a political party or candidate
• Donate money or resources to a political party
• Tell people how to vote
• Run campaigns that clearly favor one party over another⁸⁰

Therefore, we ask the CRA to investigate if these charities have used charitable resources (funds, staff, infrastructure, mailing lists) for any prohibited political activities, whether in Canada or India.

Quotes

The Government of Canada has failed in its commitments to keep Indian-Canadians safe. As this report reveals, under the watch of the Canada Revenue Agency, charitable foundations are sending tens of millions of dollars to organizations in Canada and India that are linked to the far-right RSS network. The RSS has a well-documented history of violence against minoritized Muslim, Sikh, Christian, and Dalit communities. At the same time, the government has not acted to prevent the chief of RSS, Mohan Bhagwat, from visiting Canada despite public safety concerns raised by hundreds of civil society organizations and individuals.

— Member of Canadian Forum for Human Rights and Democracy in India

Canadian tax dollars shouldn’t be used to fund violent supremacist groups and causes abroad. If Canadian nonprofits are sending money to Hindu nationalist groups in India, the CRA needs to look closely at where that money is going and what it is funding. Any serious violations of Canada’s charity laws should be thoroughly investigated.

— Hindutva Watch

The Canadian Council of Indian Muslims (CCIM) is deeply concerned by the flow of Canadian charitable funding to RSS-linked organizations in Canada and India. As an extreme-right paramilitary entity, the RSS promotes an exclusionary ideology aimed at marginalizing Muslims and other religious minorities. The severity of this threat is recognized globally: the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has repeatedly documented how RSS subgroups perpetrate violence and incitement against minorities, going so far as to call for targeted sanctions against the organization. This aligns with domestic findings, including the landmark 2023 NCCM-WSO report, which detailed similar patterns of violence and hate speech. Allowing tax-deductible Canadian funds to support hate-driven groups directly contradicts Canadian values of pluralism and human rights. We call on the federal government to immediately audit these channels and revoke the charitable status of entities funding extremism.

— The Canadian Council of Indian Muslims (CCIM)

Canadians Against Oppression and Persecution (CAOP)joinsJust Peace Advocates (JPA) in calling for scrutiny of Canadian charity dollars and the broader Sangh Parivar network. Growing research suggests that some Canadian nonprofits engage with the global network linked to India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliated “Sangh Parivar” organizations. The Sangh Parivar encompasses groups like the RSS, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Sewa Bharati, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), and others. These RSS-linked humanitarian charities, school programs, and political advocacy in Canada aim to organize the Indo-Canadian diaspora while promoting an ideology that marginalizes India’s minority groups. While these organizations present their work as disaster relief, education, and cultural programs, the same networks actively promote Hindutva—an ideology centered on Hindu majoritarianism and identity. This promotion occurs in contexts where minorities face documented violence, discrimination, and exclusion, including anti-Muslim riots, cow-vigilante attacks, anti-conversion laws, and pressure on Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, and Adivasis. Human-rights monitors have repeatedly highlighted the deteriorating climate for religious minorities in India. Canadian registered charities receive tax-exempt status on the understanding that donations benefit the public, not political projects abroad. Therefore, Canadian taxpayers should not indirectly subsidize activities that reinforce majoritarian politics or foster communal tension. Charities that send funds overseas must exercise direction and control, and demonstrate that recipients don’t promote exclusionary ideologies.

Canadians Against Oppression and Persecution (CAOP) strongly urges the Canada Revenue Agency to audit these flows for compliance with charity law. Donors deserve transparency. Humanitarian language cannot shield partisan or supremacist projects. Canada’s multicultural commitments require that tax-advantaged giving not support oppression elsewhere. The concerns raised by numerous international human rights organizations deserve serious scrutiny, as they’ve documented discrimination, violence, and restrictions affecting religious minorities in India. Recent reporting has also highlighted ongoing concerns about the treatment of Muslims, Christians, and other minorities.

— Canadians Against Oppression and Persecution

Canadian law is clear that organizations holding charitable status should provide public benefits and should not support a political party. The RSS is explicitly aligned with the far-right BJP in India, and it espouses an intolerant Hindu nationalist ideology. Organizations closely affiliated with it risk contravening Canadian prohibitions on religious discrimination. They should be examined closely in light of the CRA’s requirements, to ensure that donations intended for charitable works in India are not being diverted to promote politics that treats religious minorities as second-class citizens and puts their safety at risk.

— Sonia Sikka, member, Hindus for Human Rights Canada

Since the 1970s, the RSS has relied on its international appendages to funnel funds and international legitimacy to its network in India. Often, due to the compulsions of the countries in which they work, these organisations adopt the language of multiculturalism and pluralism. However, despite these rhetorical commitments, they often remain deeply enmeshed in the material and financial networks that sustain Hindu supremacists in India responsible for marginalisation and violence against minorities. The differences in rhetoric between these diaspora groups and the Sangh network in India thus should be considered strategic multivocality, rather than a deep organisational distinction.

— Felix Pal, University of Western Australia

Citations

1 See Lalit Vachani, The Shakha, the Home and the World: Going beyond the Shakha and the RSS Family in Women, gender and religious nationalism, by Amrita Basu & Tanika Sarkar (Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2022) Metamorphoses of the political; “Exposing the largest far-right network in history”, online: <https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/unveiling-the-rss>; PTI, “RSS conducting over 88,000 daily “shakhas”: Sangh leader” (16 March 2026), online: ThePrint <https://theprint.in/india/rss-conducting-over-88000-daily-shakhas-sangh-leader/2880795/>; “Inside an Indian camp for radical Hindu women”, BBC News (9 November 2014), online: <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29798148>; Sonia Sarkar, “US calls for sanctions on right-wing Indian paramilitary organisation” (7 May 2026), online: The Loop <https://theloop.ecpr.eu/us-calls-for-sanctions-on-right-wing-indian-paramilitary-organisation/>; “80% of Sangh Affiliates Abroad Are Registered, Make Their Tax Records Public. So Why Won’t the RSS?”, online: The Wire <https://thewire.in/politics/sangh-parivar-rss-registrations-abroad>.

2 See Appendix A for a diagram of key Sangh Parivar organizations. Note, it is not an exhaustive list.

3 Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, We, or Our Nationhood Defined (Nagpur: Bharat Publications, 1939).

4 Ibid.

5 Somdeep Sen, “Analysis: Islamophobia is the norm in Modi’s India”, online: Al Jazeera <https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/6/10/analysis-islamophobia-is-the-norm-in-modis-india>.

6 Charlie Phillips, “The Hour of Lynching: the killing of Muslim cow farmers in India”, The Guardian (24 May 2019), online: <https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/may/24/the-hour-of-lynching-the-killing-of-muslim-cow-farmers-in-india>.

7 Apoorvanand, “What is behind India’s epidemic of ‘mob lynching’?”, online: Al Jazeera <https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/7/6/what-is-behind-indias-epidemic-of-mob-lynching>.

8 “JCB must say no to bulldozer injustice in India”, online: Amnesty International <https://www.amnesty.org/en/petition/jcb-must-say-no-to-bulldozer-injustice-in-india/>.

9 “Swami Aseemanand claims that the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, knew about the conspiracy to bomb civilian targets. Selected audio recordings and translations from his interviews with The Caravan”, online: <https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/press-release>; “Swami Aseemanand’s radical service to the Sangh”, online: <https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/believer>.

10 “BRIEF: Is Kashmir Occupied? Is it Colonized?”, online: <https://www.kljp.org/articles/brief-is-kashmir-occupied-is-it-colonized>; “Kashmir: Resources” (1 September 2025), online: Just Peace Advocates <https://www.justpeaceadvocates.ca/kashmir-resources/>.

11 “Param Poojaniya Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Ji’s Full Speech on the occasion of Sri Vijayadashami Utsav 2021 (Friday, October 15, 2021)”, online: <https://www.rss.org/Encyc/2021/10/15/VijayaDashami2021-Full-Speech.html>.

12 “Param Poojaniya Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Ji’s Full Speech on the occasion of Shri Vijayadashami Utsav 2022 (Wednesday, October 05, 2022)”, online: <https://www.rss.org/Encyc/2022/10/5/Vijaya-Dashami-2022-Full-Speech.html>; “India wants credit for secularism abroad. At home, its Christians are under siege | The Deltagram”, online: <https://thedeltagram.com/editorial/india-wants-credit-for-secularism-abroad-at-home-its-christians-are-under-siege>.“

13 ““Fault lies in family”: Mohan Bhagwat on Love Jihad cases; cites lack of “sanskaar””, The Times of India (9 November 2025), online: <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fault-lies-in-family-mohan-bhagwat-on-love-jihad-cases-cites-lack-of-sanskaar/articleshow/125199835.cms>.

14 “Murder at the temple: The conflicting legacies of a B.C. Sikh leader | Globalnews.ca”, online: Global News <https://globalnews.ca/news/9784316/hardeep-singh-nijjar-death-surrey-b-c/>.

15 Kunal Chaudhary, “Canada has ignored India’s targeting of Sikh activists for too long ⋆ The Breach” (22 September 2023), online: The Breach <https://breachmedia.ca/sikh-activist-assassination-india-canada-foreign-interference/>.

16 RCMP National Headquarters, “RCMP statement on violent criminal activity occurring in Canada with connections to agents of the Government of India” (16 November 2024), online: Royal Canadian Mounted Police <https://rcmp.ca/en/news/2024/10/rcmp-statement-violent-criminal-activity-occurring-canada-connections-agents-government-india> Last Modified: 2024-11-16; Public Safety Canada, “Parliamentary Committee Notes: Indian Government Agents’ Involvement in Violent Criminal Activity in Canada” (17 January 2025), online: <https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/prlmntry-bndrs/20250226/08-en.aspx> Last Modified: 2025-01-17.

17 “Religious Freedom Conditions in India | USCIRF”, online: <https://www.uscirf.gov/countries/india>.

18 Central Intelligence Agency, The CIA World Factbook 2018-2019 (Skyhorse, 2018).

19 “Transnational Entanglements: The RSS “Vishwa Vibhag” or “Overseas Department””, online: Savera <http://www.wearesavera.org/resources/reports/transnational-entanglements/>.

20 “Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (Canada) – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/763>.

21The Global VHP’s Trail of Violence, by Savera (2024) online: <https://www.wearesavera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Global-VHPs-Trail-of-Violence-v2.pdf>; “Reports”, online: Savera <http://www.wearesavera.org/resources/reports/>.

22Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Network in Canada, by National Council of Canadian Muslims & World Sikh Organization of Canada (2023) online: <https://nccm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/RSS-Report-2023.pdf>.

23 Mujib Mashal, Hari Kumar & Atul Loke, “From the Shadows to Power: How the Hindu Right Reshaped India”, The New York Times (26 December 2025), online: <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/asia/india-hindu-right-rss-modi.html>.

24 Dr Felix Pal & Christophe Jaffrelot, “Seeing the Sangh” (2025) Center for International Studies (Sciences Pro) , online: <https://data.sciencespo.fr/citation?persistentId=doi:10.21410/7E4/XWKLEZ>.

25 “Hold the RSS Accountable for their Covert Lobbying – Action Network”, online: <https://actionnetwork.org/letters/hold-the-rss-accountable-for-their-covert-lobbying>.

26 Dr Felix Pal & Christophe Jaffrelot, supra note 24.

27 National Council of Canadian Muslims & World Sikh Organization of Canada, supra note 22.

28 note 20.

29 note 19.

30 Dr Felix Pal & Christophe Jaffrelot, supra note 24.

31 note 1.

32 note 19.

33 Canada Revenue Agency, “Notice of Intention to Revoke Hindu Institute of Learning” (6 June 2017), online: <https://www.canadiancharitylaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Hindu-Institute-of-Learning-NITR-Redacted.pdf>.

34 “Vishwa Hindu Parishad – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/2242>.

35Ibid.

36 note 19.

37 The Global VHP’s Trail of Violence, by Savera (January 2024) online: <https://www.wearesavera.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Global-VHPs-Trail-of-Violence-v2.pdf>.

38 Ibid.

39 Dr Felix Pal & Christophe Jaffrelot, supra note 24.

40 “Long-distance nationalism of the Hindu diaspora in the West – Hindutva Watch”, online: <https://www.hindutvawatch.org/the-sangh-parivar-and-the-hindu-diaspora-in-the-west-what-kind-of-long-distance-nationalism/>.

41 Ibid; note 19; “Sewa International”, online: Stop Hindutva In America <https://www.stophindutvainamerica.com/hindutva-network/sewa-international/>.

42 “Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/2153>.

43 note 41.

44 “Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of Canada – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/515>.

45 “How one-teacher Ekal schools helped the spread of Hindutva in rural West Bengal”, online: <https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/ekal-vidyalaya-abhiyan-rss-fts-vhp-hindutva-west-bengal-trinamool-bjp>.

46 note 44.

47“How one-teacher Ekal schools helped the spread of Hindutva in rural West Bengal”, online: <https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/ekal-vidyalaya-abhiyan-rss-fts-vhp-hindutva-west-bengal-trinamool-bjp>.

48 Final Report on the field visit and observations of Mr Avdhash Kaushal for Singhbhum district in Jharkhand and Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts in ASsam, by Avdhash Kaushal (Committee setup by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, April 2009) online: <https://sabrang.com/cc/archive/2009/april09/ekal%20vidyalya.pdf>.

49 “Ekal Vidyalaya”, online: Stop Hindutva In America <https://www.stophindutvainamerica.com/hindutva-network/ekal-vidyalaya/>.

50 “Arogya Foundation of India – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/2421>.

51 “Ekal Gramothan Foundation – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/2420>.

52 “Prayas Welfare Society – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/1348>.

53 “Hindu Society of Ottawa-Carleton – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/756>.

54Ibid.

55 “Canada India Foundation – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/170>.

56Ibid.

57 “About Us – Canada India Foundation”, online: <https://canadaindiafoundation.com/about-us/>.

58 “AIM for Seva – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/50>. This complaint does not ask the CRA to examine this sect as a whole, but specifically where their finances and operations intersect with that of the Sangh.

59Ibid.

60 “About Us – AIM for SEVA Canada”, online: <https://www.aimforseva.ca/about-us/>.

61 “Bharat Sevashram Sangha – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/233>. This complaint does not ask the CRA to examine this sect as a whole, but specifically where their finances and operations intersect with that of the Sangh.

62Ibid.

63 “Home – bsstoronto” (1 February 2022), online: <https://bsstoronto.org/>.

64 “Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/325>. This complaint does not ask the CRA to examine this sect as a whole, but specifically where their finances and operations intersect with that of the Sangh.

65Ibid.

66“Behind BAPS — The Money, Power, and Influence of a Transnational Temple Empire”, online: <https://www.behindbaps.com/#part-4>.

67Ibid; Kristine Villanueva, “Workers carved the largest modern Hindu temple in the west. Now, some have incurable lung disease”, The Guardian (2 April 2026), online: <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/new-jersey-hindu-temple-lung-disease>.

68note 66.

69 Vasanthi Venkatesh, “International Casteist Governance and the Dalit Radical Tradition: Reimagining a Counter-hegemonic Transnational Legal Order” (2022) 3 TWAILR Review 171–203, online: <https://twailr.com/twail-review/issue-03-2022/vasanthi-venkatesh-international-casteist-governance-and-the-dalit-radical-tradition-reimagining-a-counter-hegemonic-transnational-legal-order/>.

70 “Chinmaya Mission – Organisations”, online: <https://rssproject.caravanmagazine.in/map/organisations/363>. This complaint does not ask the CRA to examine this sect as a whole, but specifically where their finances and operations intersect with that of the Sangh.

71Ibid.

72 “Chinmaya Mission Centres | Spiritual Learning Worldwide”, online: <https://www.chinmayamission.com/global/searchcentres>.

73 Canada Revenue Agency, “Guidelines for registering a charity: Meeting the public benefit test” (10 March 2006), online (service description): <https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/charities-giving/charities/policies-guidance/policy-statement-024-guidelines-registering-a-charity-meeting-public-benefit-test.html>; See also Canada Trust Co v Ontario Human Rights Commission, [1990] CanLII .

74Notice of Intention to Revoke, by CRA, in NITR Language.

75 Agency, supra note 73.

76Ibid.

77Ibid.

78 Global Affairs Canada, “Freedom of religion or belief” (21 February 2017), online: GAC <https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/human_rights-droits_homme/freedom_religion-liberte_religion.aspx?lang=eng>.

79 CRA, supra note 74.

80 Canada Revenue Agency, “Public policy dialogue and development activities by charities” (4 November 2020), online: <https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/charities-giving/charities/policies-guidance/public-policy-dialogue-development-activities.html>.