National Zakat Foundation
Charitable organization · Mississauga, Ontario · BN 839912599RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,052,588) as filed with the CRA.
National Zakat Foundation is a charitable organization based in Mississauga, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $7.2M in revenue and $7.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 71% from donations, 28% from other charities. In 2024, 29 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.2M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 37% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 88% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 28 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $199K in 2024, the largest being $199K to Nisa Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To relieve poverty in the muslim canadian community by providing the following basic amenities to the poor to the needy or to persons of low income or of small/limited means: a) food in the form of food vouchers; b) clothing; and c) financial assistance determined on the basis of the established selection criteria to establish and operate transitional houses for women and children in the muslim canadian community who are homeless poor of low income and/or victims of domestic abuse and to provide counseling and outreach programs to its residents. To educate and increase the muslim ca…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.2M | $7.1M | $5.8M | $934K | $199K | $3.9M |
| 2023 | $9.9M | $10.9M | $8.6M | $1.1M | $750K | $3.8M |
| 2022 | $8.8M | $8.3M | $7.3M | $765K | $28K | $4.7M |
| 2021 | $7.2M | $6.6M | $5.7M | $396K | $22K | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $4.1M | $3.4M | $381K | $95K | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $199K to 1 qualified donee:
- Nisa Foundation$199K
Received $2.2M from 29 charities:
- International Development and Relief Foundation$300K
- Penny Appeal Canada$250K
- Human Concern International (hci)$235K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$230K
- Nisa Foundation$212K
- Myriad Canada Foundation$198K
- The Calgary Foundation$125K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$121K
- Canadahelps Canadon$108K
- Canadahelps Canadon$108K
- Noor Cultural Centre Canada$80K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$60K
- Muslim Neighbour Nexus$50K
- Islamic Society of Markham$20K
- E-Islam Center of the South Shore$15K
- Muslim Association of Canada$10K
- Olive Tree Foundation$8,000
- OBAT Canada$7,605
- The Bayan & Taha Family Foundation$7,147
- The Tova and Alex Hartman Family Foundation$5,000
- Brampton Sunnatul Islamic Association$3,000
- Jamiatul Muslemeen of Ottawa-Carleton$2,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,724
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,240
- ATCO Electric Epic$1,040
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
- $40,000–79,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions28
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hassan Newaz (secretary); Qazi Karim (president); Alaa Jaradat (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from National Zakat Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 839912599RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.