Al-Zahra Islamic Research Foundation
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 759464605RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-07-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,515,179) as filed with the CRA.
Al-Zahra Islamic Research Foundation is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, 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 July 31, 2024, it reported $1.2M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (15 positions in that band). The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Charity is operating a private islamic school which is free for students.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.5M | — | — | $636K |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $1.2M | $788K | — | — | $970K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99915 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$629K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Syed Saail Abbas (chairman); Abrar Hussain (vice chairman); Syed Raza Hussain Naqvi (director); Masooma Rizvi (director); Mumtaz Hassan (secretary); Syed Raza Hussain Naqvi (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Al-Zahra Islamic Research Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 759464605RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.