Cancer Education Research Foundation (CERF)
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 816420228RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,059,662) as filed with the CRA.
Cancer Education Research Foundation (CERF) is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $5.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 95% from donations. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $226K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.4M in 2020 to $6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To promote health by providing the public with cancer treatment equipment. To promote health by providing the public with a cancer treatment facility. To relieve poverty by providing the poor or needy or those in financial need with food and medication.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.1M | $125K | $326K | $4.4M | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $3.9M | $75K | $208K | $3.4M | $4.6M |
| 2022 | $5.3M | $6.3M | — | $171K | — | $3.2M |
| 2021 | $4.1M | $3.5M | — | $2,099 | — | $4.1M |
| 2020 | $3.4M | $3.2M | — | $4,219 | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $226K from 18 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$69K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$50K
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto$25K
- Cambridge Muslim Society$15K
- Islamic Society of Markham$15K
- Islamic Centre of Markham$15K
- Gloria Baylis Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$7,948
- Al-Hedaya Islamic Centre of Northeast Calgary$5,000
- Mohammed Kanwal Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mohammed Kanwal$5,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,500
- Mosquee Makkah-Al-Mukkaramah$2,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,609
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,500
- VMM Zichron Chaim Charity$1,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$75
- Canada Donates Inc.$18
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$156K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Khalid Usman (president); Mohammad Ali Khan (director); Javaid Khan (treasurer); Salahuddin Jalaluddin (secretary); Hafeez Khan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Cancer Education Research Foundation (CERF)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 816420228RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.