Afghan Women's Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services
Publicly funded institution · North York, Ontario · BN 890186638RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,513,215) as filed with the CRA.
Afghan Women's Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $8.8M in revenue and $8.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $349K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 93% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 90 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The organization is committed to supporting afghan women and their families in all aspects of adaptation and integration into canadian society and to promote their social and economic inclusion in order to enable them to become contributing members of society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $8.5M | $8.4M | — | — | $2.6M |
| 2023 | $8.6M | $8.3M | $8.2M | $18K | — | $6.3M |
| 2022 | $7.3M | $6.2M | $6.1M | — | — | $2.1M |
| 2021 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $5.8M | — | — | $985K |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6.5M | $6.4M | — | — | $803K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $349K from 9 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions90
- Total compensation, all staff$6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Asma Faizi (president); Beheshta Jaghori (vice president); Huria Jalalzai (treasurer); Sheba Shernaze (board member); Hakeema Sidiqi (board member); Nasimeh Bayat (board member); Kobra Rasul (board member); Abeda Baluch (board member); Parween Pazhwak (board member); Zohra Safi (board member); Michelle Mohammadi (board member); Nizia Ullah (board member); Veda Popal (board member); Najeeba Shairzay (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Afghan Women's Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 890186638RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.