Northwest (Bowness) JK
Public foundation · Calgary, Alberta · BN 822681169RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,188,530) as filed with the CRA.
Northwest (Bowness) JK is a public foundation based in Calgary, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.4M in revenue and $2.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 96% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $1.9M in 2024, the largest being $1.9M to Aga Khan Foundation Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $859K in 2020 to $2.4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
To advance promote and manifest the doctrine observances and practices associated with the teachings of islam according to the shia imami ismali muslim faith by operating a house of workship to be used for religious services and programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $329K | — | $1.9M | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $486K | $329K | $329K | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2022 | $341K | $357K | $356K | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2021 | $424K | $323K | $319K | — | — | $4.3M |
| 2020 | $859K | $338K | $336K | — | — | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $1.9M to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mohamud Zaver (director); Arif Amlani (director); Karim Manji (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Northwest (Bowness) JK’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822681169RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.