Hamilton Downtown Mosque
Charitable organization · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 871851366RR0001 · Islam
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,026,815) as filed with the CRA.
Hamilton Downtown Mosque is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $990K in revenue and $1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $5,959.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $573K in 2020 to $990K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The organization provides religious sermons through the islamic path and associated services. Also a school operated for the 2024 fiscal year to provide children ages 5 through 14 a place to learn islam in addition to regular ontario curriculum for children of that age group
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $990K | $1M | $371K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2023 | $1M | $833K | $378K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2022 | $491K | $651K | $260K | — | — | $3.1M |
| 2021 | $571K | $677K | $326K | — | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $573K | $738K | $342K | — | — | $3.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $5,959 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,99916 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$585K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Barkhad Abdi (treasurer); Mahamud Ahmed Abdi (director); Nizamul Alam (director); Elkafi Hassini (president); Noureddin Magarbeh (assistant treasurer); Sudees Mohammad (secretary); Eskender Weday (vice-president).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Hamilton Downtown Mosque’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871851366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.