Muslim Community Foundation of Calgary
Charitable organization · Calgary, Alberta · BN 140621186RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,969,270) as filed with the CRA.
Muslim Community Foundation of Calgary is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $5M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 24% from donations. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $17K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 10 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 14 qualified donees totalling $206K in 2024, the largest being $96K to Muslim Association of Calgary (mac). Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $2M in 2020 to $5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Muslim community foundation of calgary (mcfc) facilitates religious educational and spiritual needs of the muslim community in calgary and surrounding areas. It organizes activities to promote tolerance and understanding as well as appreciation of islamic value within the broader canadian mosaic. The foundation arranges five time daily prayers friday prayers and eid prayers. It contributes toward community children and youth programs. The mcfc is also responsible for the maintenance of buildings and transportation for calgary islamic school and providing islamic curriculum to students throug…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $5M | $3.8M | — | $206K | $12.9M |
| 2023 | $5.5M | — | $4M | — | $351K | $12.9M |
| 2022 | $4.2M | $4.2M | $3.3M | — | $245K | $12.6M |
| 2021 | $3.8M | $3.1M | $2.2M | — | $53K | $12.6M |
| 2020 | $2M | $3M | $2.3M | $43K | $51K | $9.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $206K to 14 qualified donees:
- Muslim Association of Calgary (mac)$96K
- International Development and Relief Foundation$31K
- Guildford Islamic Cultural Center$25K
- Hands For Charity$15K
- Kamloops Islamic Association$14K
- Miftaah Institute$6,000
- Islamic Circle of North America$4,200
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$3,000
- Nigerian Canadian Muslims Congregation Calgary$2,700
- Indus Development Foundation$2,000
- Durham Islamic Centre$2,000
- Heart Team Inc.$2,000
- Nisa Foundation$1,868
- Islamic Schools Association of Canada$1,500
Received $17K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions10
- Total compensation, all staff$551K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abdullah Chybli (board member); Syed Anwar Mohiuddin (board member); Abid Rasheed (board member); Omar EL-Hajjar (chairman); Mourad Trabelsi (board member); Ateeq Sheikh (board member); Abdulrahman Abbas (general secretary); Nagah Hage (board member); Shahzad Rahamatullah (board member); Muhammad Ateeque Azam (board member); Mohammad Sayedur Rahman (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muslim Community Foundation of Calgary’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 140621186RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.