Baha'i Foundation Canada
Public foundation · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 886151596RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Religion
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-04-30. Split of total expenditures ($408,482) as filed with the CRA.
Baha'i Foundation Canada is a public foundation based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing religion. In its fiscal year ending April 30, 2024, it reported $262K in revenue and $408K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,035.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $262K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
To further the statement of purpose of the charity to sponsor training and learning events in canada the charity has acquired facilities by purchase and lease and made these facilities available to service providers of training and learning programs and activities for children youth and adults in canada at reduced or not cost.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $262K | $408K | $393K | — | — | $11.7M |
| 2023 | $105K | $310K | $310K | — | — | $11.8M |
| 2022 | $2.5M | $264K | $264K | — | — | $12M |
| 2021 | $207K | $227K | $227K | — | — | $9.8M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $219K | $202K | — | — | $9.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1,035 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mehran Anvari (director); Karen McKye (director); Judith Filson (director); Hoda Farahmandpour (director); Jauca Ciprian (director); Zelalem Bimrew Kasse (director); Gerald Filson (director); Alex Arjomand; Jordan Bighorn.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Baha'i Foundation Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 886151596RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.