Islamic Circle of North America
Charitable organization · Oakville, Ontario · BN 118951169RR0001 · Islam
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($23,848,362) as filed with the CRA.
Islamic Circle of North America is a charitable organization based in Oakville, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $29.9M in revenue and $23.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 68% from donations. In 2024, 46 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2M.
Compared with 158 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 12% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 49 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $16.2M in 2020 to $29.9M in 2024.
In its own words
Provide places of worship & mediation in Canada 365 days a year. Operates full-time approved daily & weekend School up to grade 8. Provide family counseling services and seminars in education welfare volunteer work health and community. Provide a venue and forum for youth to engage in youth events sporting educational and cultural activities. Provide emergency relief and services to people in need within Canada and internationally. Cooperate with Government of Canada in international relief efforts. Operate ladies wing to provide support and counseling for ladies. Operate and administer fo…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $29.9M | $23.8M | $15M | $870K | $0 | $22.6M |
| 2023 | $22.1M | $20.9M | $13.6M | $763K | $0 | $19.5M |
| 2022 | $17.6M | $15.8M | $12.3M | $553K | $0 | $18.2M |
| 2021 | $18.8M | $13.1M | $9.2M | $459K | $0 | $16.8M |
| 2020 | $16.2M | $12.4M | $8.6M | $449K | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2M from 46 charities:
- Refugee Girls Worldwide$500K
- Faith of Life Network$389K
- Daily Bread Food Bank$209K
- Islamic Society of Regional Municipality of York$168K
- Food Banks Mississauga$63K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$49K
- Masjid-E Farooq-E Azam Mississauga$48K
- Mohammed Kanwal Family Foundation/fondation Familiale Mohammed Kanwal$45K
- Muslim Association of Brantford$43K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Muslim Welfare Canada$37K
- Manitoba Islamic Association Inc.$34K
- Bosnian-Canadian Relief Association Inc.$32K
- Kanata Muslim Association$31K
- Pickering Islamic Centre$27K
- Noor Cultural Centre Canada$25K
- Amity Global Foundation$16K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$14K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$12K
- Jamiatul Muslemeen of Ottawa-Carleton$12K
- Mount Pleasant Islamic Center$12K
- Muslim Association of Canada$11K
- Canada Gives$10K
- Islamic Society of Belleville (ISB)$10K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions49
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Islamic Circle of North America’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118951169RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.