Muslims for Engagement and Spirituality in Canada (MESC)
Charitable organization · Laval, Quebec · BN 824684641RR0001 · Islam
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($322,482) as filed with the CRA.
Muslims for Engagement and Spirituality in Canada (MESC) is a charitable organization based in Laval, Quebec, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $937K in revenue and $322K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $39K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $83K in 2024, the largest being $40K to Hands For Charity. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $175K in 2020 to $937K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Nous tenons cinq prières par jour; -Nous tenons un sermon avec prière chaque vendredi; -Nous offrons des séance d'apprentissage du Coran pour les enfants de la période allant du Septembre au Juin; -Nous offrons des classes d'apprentissage de la langue arabe chaque fin de semaine de la période allant du Septembre au Juin; -Nous offrons un programme religieux quotidien intensif durant tout le mois de Ramadan (prières sermons conférence rupturedu jeune ...); et -Nous célébrons les fêtes religieuses à savoir ''Eid EL Fitr'' et ''Eid El Adha''.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $937K | $322K | $231K | — | $83K | $1.8M |
| 2023 | $367K | $203K | $192K | — | $1,290 | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $306K | $192K | $183K | — | — | $1M |
| 2021 | $224K | $199K | $192K | — | — | $925K |
| 2020 | $175K | $163K | $158K | — | — | $900K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $83K to 4 qualified donees:
Received $39K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions0
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Azzedine Hmimssa (président); Abdelkarim Bourhzal (vice-président); Rachid El Mdadi (secretaire); Mohammed El Kassabi (administrateur); Mohamed Najhi (trésorier); Atif Taoussi.
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Muslims for Engagement and Spirituality in Canada (MESC)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 824684641RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.