Kanata Muslim Association
Charitable organization · Kanata, Ontario · BN 859651275RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($903,596) as filed with the CRA.
Kanata Muslim Association is a charitable organization based in Kanata, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.2M in revenue and $904K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $286K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 89% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 87% of that peer group. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $31K in 2024, the largest being $31K to Islamic Circle of North America. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.5M in 2020 to $3.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Daily and weekly prayers weekend religious and quran school community outreach islamic lectures and seminars youth programs spiritual counsel support to needy summer camps programs for seniors
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $904K | $866K | $5,063 | $31K | $11.8M |
| 2023 | $2.1M | $782K | $676K | — | $106K | $9.5M |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $552K | $482K | $2,504 | $65K | $8.2M |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $446K | $409K | — | $34K | $6.9M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $347K | $318K | — | $29K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $31K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $286K from 10 charities:
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$117K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$52K
- South Nepean Muslim Community (snmc)$45K
- Human Concern International (hci)$30K
- Faith of Life Network$13K
- Jamiatul Muslemeen of Ottawa-Carleton$12K
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,461
- Islamic Society of Cumberland$5,040
- The Mosque of Aylmer$4,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$3,334
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
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$218K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rafei Nabil (director); Mehmood Shaikh (president); Tanvir Alam (treasurer); Jamal Zakaria (director); Essam Bakr (director); Ala Abu Alkheir (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Kanata Muslim Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 859651275RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.