IQRA Education Society
Publicly funded institution · Surrey, British Columbia · BN 866771488RR0001 · Islam
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,343,488) as filed with the CRA.
IQRA Education Society is a charitable organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under islam. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $6M in revenue and $5.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 29% from donations, 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $258.
Compared with 81 religious institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 97% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 52 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We run an independent school (KG-7) - Iqra School which is certified by the Ministry of Education of B.C. We also run a certified daycare -Alphabetz Daycare.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6M | $5.3M | $5.3M | $400 | $0 | $9.6M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $4.5M | $4.5M | $0 | $0 | $8.9M |
| 2022 | $4.5M | $3.9M | $3.9M | $0 | $0 | $8.6M |
| 2021 | $3.9M | $3.5M | $3.5M | $235 | $0 | $8M |
| 2020 | $4.4M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $23K | $0 | $7.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $258 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions52
- Total compensation, all staff$4.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jamal Abdulwahid (director); Mohammed Gadala (director); Ali Mihirig (director); Wajih Ramadan (director); Abdurrahman Mihirig (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from IQRA Education Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 866771488RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.