Muslim Welfare Canada
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 897331732RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,185,439) as filed with the CRA.
Muslim Welfare Canada is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $9.2M in revenue and $8.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from donations, 30% from government. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $538K.
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 65% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 37 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 7 qualified donees totalling $91K in 2024, the largest being $37K to Islamic Circle of North America. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Halal Foods and essential item banks (Scarborough Mississauga Whitby Inuvik& Iqaluit) Shelters for Women and Children Meals on Wheels Free Medical Clinic Place of Worship Welcome Kit for Refugees Backpack program Water well exploration Disaster relief efforts Public school Nutrition Program Halal Meals on Wheels for Seniors Hot Soup Lunch Program and Support A Child.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.2M | $8.2M | $6.9M | $860K | $618K | $15.6M |
| 2023 | $8.4M | $8.4M | $7.2M | $686K | $516K | $16.3M |
| 2022 | $8.9M | $7.6M | $6.5M | $390K | $181K | $16M |
| 2021 | $7.8M | $5.9M | $5.3M | $213K | $83K | $14.6M |
| 2020 | $7.3M | $5.4M | $4.6M | $234K | $225K | $12.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $91K to 7 qualified donees:
Received $538K from 26 charities:
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$75K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$69K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$66K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$55K
- Myriad Canada Foundation$46K
- Pickering Islamic Centre$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Canadahelps Canadon$26K
- Noor Cultural Centre Canada$25K
- Westerkirk Foundation$20K
- Muslim Society of Waterloo and Wellington Counties$15K
- Muslim Association of Milton$15K
- The Sunatul Jamaat of Ontario Canada$15K
- David McAntony Gibson Foundation$10K
- Islamic Propagation Centre of Ontario Inc$10K
- Tahira & Iltihab Hassan Charitable Trust$7,800
- The Auxilium Foundation$6,500
- Islamic Society of Markham$5,000
- Faith of Life Network$5,000
- Toronto and Region Islamic Congregation (taric)$3,000
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,343
- Darul-Uloom Al-Madania$2,000
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,267
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$654
- Toronto District School Board$368
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions37
- Total compensation, all staff$2.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Muhammad I Ali (president); Gohar Bangash (director); Farooq Shabbar (director); Masuma Contractor (director); Adeel Asif (director); Adnan Ahmad (treasurer); Waseef Ur Rehman (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muslim Welfare Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 897331732RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.