Islamic Information Society of Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 871722617RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,052,350) as filed with the CRA.
Islamic Information Society of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.1M in revenue and $2.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $14K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $156K in 2024, the largest being $40K to International Development and Relief Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The organization provides religious activity prayer congregation and religious educational services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.6M | — | $156K | $6.9M |
| 2023 | $4.4M | $2.2M | $1.6M | — | $199K | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1M | — | $180K | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $808K | — | $168K | $4.4M |
| 2020 | $1.4M | $869K | $624K | — | $20K | $4.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $156K to 11 qualified donees:
- International Development and Relief Foundation$40K
- Guildford Islamic Cultural Center$30K
- Muslim Association of Calgary (mac)$20K
- Centre culturel Islamique de Vaudreuil-Soulanges$15K
- Hazrat Bilal Islamic Centre$15K
- The Ahle Hadith Society of Canada$10K
- Hands For Charity$10K
- Nisa Foundation$5,000
- Islamic Circle of North America$5,000
- Muslim Association of Canada$4,500
- Olive Branch Revival Foundation$1,000
Received $14K from 5 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$394K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amar Ahmed (president); Rizwan Rasheed (vice president); Nabil Al-baidhani (director/finance); Afzal Baig (director/secretary); Khaled Elbitar (director); Ziyad Essa (director); Esmael Sultan (director); Ziad Farhat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Islamic Information Society of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 871722617RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.