Ahlul-Bayt Community Center - Ottawa
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 787454289RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,243,105) as filed with the CRA.
Ahlul-Bayt Community Center - Ottawa is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $3.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,070.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 50 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.2M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the corporation is to advance the islamic faith according to the shia ithna-ashari school of thought (hereinafter referred to as the 'islamic faith' by: (a) establishing and operating a private primary school offering the ontario academic curriculum from jk to grade 10 as well as arabic and islamic studies; (b) providing publicly available scholarships bursaries and other forms of financial assistance to students in financial need to be used for primary school education (c) preaching the teachings and religious tenets doctrines and observances associated with the islami…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3.2M | $2.3M | $126K | — | $9.2M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $2.2M | $1.6M | $188K | — | $7.9M |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1.3M | $34K | — | $7.7M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.6M | $1.4M | $34K | — | $7.9M |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $1.7M | $1.1M | $0 | — | $8.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,070 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions50
- Total compensation, all staff$1.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ali Hussein (director); Haytham Hojeij (director); Bilal Hedroj (director); Khalil Kmaiha (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ahlul-Bayt Community Center - Ottawa’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 787454289RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.