Noor Cultural Centre Canada
Charitable organization · Markham, Ontario · BN 880860713RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,576,912) as filed with the CRA.
Noor Cultural Centre Canada is a charitable organization based in Markham, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $5.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $407.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 90% of peers.
It reported gifts to 25 qualified donees totalling $5.6M in 2024, the largest being $5M to Aga Khan Foundation Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $40K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Programming in 2024 was limited and largely virtual comprising children's sunday school.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $5.6M | $1,820 | — | $5.6M | $25.7M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $3M | $10K | — | $3M | $29.8M |
| 2022 | $748K | $119K | $11K | — | $53K | $31.2M |
| 2021 | $30.1M | $206K | $6,104 | — | $6,060 | $30.6M |
| 2020 | $40K | $527K | $12K | — | $4,866 | $730K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $5.6M to 25 qualified donees:
- Aga Khan Foundation Canada$5M
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$230K
- National Zakat Foundation$80K
- Scott Mission$25K
- Muslim Welfare Canada$25K
- Islamic Circle of North America$25K
- Save the Children Canada/aide À l'Enfance Canada$20K
- Charity Intelligence Canada$15K
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency$15K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$10K
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation$10K
- Operation Smile Canada Foundation$10K
- Mercy Ships Canada Society$10K
- International Development and Relief Foundation$10K
- Food Banks Canada/Banques Alimentaires Canada$10K
- The Aga Khan Museum$10K
- North York Harvest Food Bank$5,020
- Naseeha Youth Helpline$5,020
- Canadahelps Canadon$5,020
- The Yonge Street Mission$5,000
- Talim-Ul-Islam Ontario$5,000
- Second Harvest Canada$5,000
- Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc.$5,000
- Islamic Information & Da'Wah Centre International$5,000
- Islamic Circle of North America$5,000
Received $407 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$3,863
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samira Kanji (director/president); Karim Lakhani (director/vice-president/); Abdul-Munim Lakhani (director); Nizar Lakhani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Noor Cultural Centre Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 880860713RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.