International Development and Relief Foundation
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 132542705RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($40,205,376) as filed with the CRA.
International Development and Relief Foundation is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, it reported $40.7M in revenue and $40.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from donations, 18% from other charities. In 2024, 96 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.4M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 75% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $2.2M in 2024, the largest being $1.1M to David McAntony Gibson Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $11.3M in 2020 to $40.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The international development and relief foundation ( the 'foundation') is a canadian-based registered charitable organization dedicated to empowering the disadvantaged people of the world. Idrf provides effective humanitarian aid and sustainable development programs without discrimination based on the principles of human dignity self reliance and social justice. Idrf works in collaboration and consultation with local and international humanitarian actors around the world to both fund and directly implement programming in the following sectors: emergency relief and humanitarian assistanc…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $40.7M | $40.2M | $34.4M | $3.2M | $2.2M | $7.9M |
| 2023 | $25.3M | $25.3M | $21.8M | $2.1M | $1M | $7.4M |
| 2022 | $16.9M | $18.4M | $15.6M | $1.4M | $978K | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $14.5M | $13.6M | $11.8M | $950K | $464K | $8.8M |
| 2020 | $11.3M | $10.9M | $9M | $816K | $682K | $7.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.2M to 14 qualified donees:
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$1.1M
- National Zakat Foundation$300K
- 3858278 Canada Foundation (inspirit FDN)$225K
- Licensed to Learn Inc.$200K
- Voice of the Vedas Cultural Sabha Inc.$75K
- Humaniti Foundation$70K
- Amity Global Foundation$60K
- SMILE Canada- Support Services$50K
- Sadagaat-Canada$45K
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$20K
- Muslim Community Foundation of Calgary$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$10K
- The Canadian Multicultural LEAD Organization for Mentoring and Training$9,100
- ST. Alban's Boys' and Girls' Club$6,500
Received $7.4M from 96 charities:
- B.C. Muslim Association$749K
- Humaniti Foundation$494K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$457K
- RBC Foundation$400K
- Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto$380K
- Scarborough Muslim Association$380K
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto$365K
- Masjid-E Farooq-E Azam Mississauga$333K
- Moez & Marissa Kassam Foundation$260K
- London Muslim Mosque$257K
- Sef Foundation$250K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$206K
- The Windsor Islamic Association (w.i.a.)$200K
- Islamic Propagation Centre of Ontario Inc$179K
- Child Aid International Development Society$125K
- Canadahelps Canadon$117K
- Canadahelps Canadon$117K
- Islamic Society of Markham$115K
- Aqueduct Foundation$105K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$104K
- Faith of Life Network$103K
- Edwards Charitable Foundation$100K
- Rideau Hall Foundation$90K
- Abu Bakr Humanitarian Foundation$88K
- Muslim Neighbour Nexus$87K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$2.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Zeib Jeeva (past chair); Reza Rizvi (co-chair); Nurhan Aycan (general secretary); Marzia Habib-Hassan (vice chair); Yasmeena Mohamed (co-chair); Mukthar Rehamtulla (treasurer); Muzna Ahmad (board member); Muhammad Munshi (vice chair); Fatima Laher (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from International Development and Relief Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132542705RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.