Human Concern International (hci)
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107497125RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($54,087,338) as filed with the CRA.
Human Concern International (hci) is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $51.9M in revenue and $54.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 53 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.5M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 45 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 52 qualified donees totalling $10.8M in 2024, the largest being $2M to Halton Islamic Association. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.8M in 2020 to $51.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Health Programs: Deliver medical care and health education to underserved communities. Education Programs: Enhance literacy and education through school construction scholarships teachers training and educational materials. Emergency Relief: Provide food shelter medical aid and essential supplies to communities affected by natural disasters and crises globally. Water and Sanitation: Improve access to clean water and sanitation by building wells installing purification systems and promoting hygiene education. Child Sponsorship Program: Support children's holistic development with ed…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $51.9M | $54.1M | $32.7M | $8.1M | $10.8M | $12.2M |
| 2023 | $38M | $30.2M | $18.4M | $3.9M | $6.5M | $13M |
| 2022 | $11.9M | $10.7M | $4.9M | $4.2M | $1.3M | $5.7M |
| 2021 | $14.1M | $16.8M | $10.4M | $2.1M | $3.3M | $5.2M |
| 2020 | $10.8M | $2M | $6.3M | $1.6M | $2M | $3.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10.8M to 52 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- Halton Islamic Association$2M
- Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$2M
- Islamic Society of North America$1.9M
- Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations-Canada$1.6M
- SMILE Canada- Support Services$300K
- Kamloops Islamic Association$300K
- USA for UNFPA Inc.$276K
- National Zakat Foundation$235K
- Nisa Foundation$200K
- Abu Huraira Center$200K
- READ Foundation Canada$150K
- Naseeha Youth Helpline$150K
- Deen Support Services$150K
- Arabian Muslim Association$148K
- The Jasmine House$138K
- Markaz-Ul-Islam Congregation of Fort McMurray$113K
- Sakeenah Canada$95K
- The Ottawa Muslim Association$83K
- Humaniti Foundation$81K
- Somali Hope Academy Foundation$70K
- École Al Farabi$66K
- Rohingya Centre$50K
- Muslim Association of Canada$50K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$50K
- Downtown Islamic Association$50K
Received $2.5M from 53 charities:
- Islamic Society of North America$333K
- Abu Huraira Center$244K
- Aqueduct Foundation$200K
- Refugee Girls Worldwide$200K
- Life for Relief & Development (canada)$140K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$132K
- Arabian Muslim Association$116K
- Canadahelps Canadon$110K
- Canadahelps Canadon$110K
- Faith of Life Network$105K
- Scarborough Muslim Association$100K
- Muslim Association of Canada$60K
- Muslim Neighbour Nexus$60K
- Markaz-Ul-Islam Congregation of Fort McMurray$53K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$53K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$32K
- Isna School Board (isb)$32K
- Muslim Society of Waterloo and Wellington Counties$30K
- Anjuman-E Anwarul Islam of Malton$30K
- Hands For Charity$29K
- Edmonton Islamic School Society$25K
- The Gupta Family Foundation$25K
- Mohammed Kanwal Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mohammed Kanwal$22K
- Assunnah Muslims Association$20K
- Islamic Community of Oakville (ICO)$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions45
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mashooda Lubna Syed (director and vice chair); Irfan Sheikh (director and chair); Fahamia Koudra (director); Ishtiaq Salim (director); Sheneeza Kanji (director and treasurer); Eiad Kassif (director); Bader Siddiqui (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Human Concern International (hci)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107497125RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.