Ontario Muslim Academy
Publicly funded institution · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 829958016RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures (—) as filed with the CRA.
Ontario Muslim Academy is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.5M in revenue.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 7% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $19K.
None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,700 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Amity Global Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $826K in 2020 to $2.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
We operate an islamic school from jk/sk to gr. 12 with islamic education hifz program along with academics. We also teach french and arabic. We have marjid for regular prayers and ramadan prayers. We provide various activities to cambridge kitchener waterloo guelph branford communities. We also have these services in windsor. We hold summer camp seniors' programs sports and gum activities. We are approved by the ministry of education as well as federal and ontario government as non profit charitable org.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — | $7.7M |
| 2023 | $1.9M | $1.5M | — | — | $25K | $5.7M |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $1.2M | — | — | $13K | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.3M | — | — | $1,500 | $5.5M |
| 2020 | $826K | $859K | — | — | — | $3.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,700 to 2 qualified donees:
- Amity Global Foundation$2,000
- Durham Islamic Centre$700
Received $19K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$623K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ebrahim Chhapra (president); Imran Chhapra (secretary); Imranulla Khan (director); Waqas Khawaja (director); Kashif Tejani (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ontario Muslim Academy’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 829958016RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.