Pickering Islamic Centre
Charitable organization · Pickering, Ontario · BN 875934366RR0001 · Islam
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,950,240) as filed with the CRA.
Pickering Islamic Centre is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $3.9M in revenue and $3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 89% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,960.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $314K in 2024, the largest being $53K to International Development and Relief Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.9M in 2020 to $3.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The centre maintains a community place of worship and offers instruction in religious matters and operates an elementary school.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9M | $3M | $2.4M | $30K | $314K | $8.6M |
| 2023 | $3.5M | $2.8M | $2.1M | $41K | $405K | $7.6M |
| 2022 | $2.8M | $2.3M | $1.8M | $52K | $444K | $6.8M |
| 2021 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $1.3M | $7,806 | $187K | $6.3M |
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $1.2M | $12K | $219K | $6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $314K to 19 qualified donees:
- International Development and Relief Foundation$53K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$48K
- Muslim Welfare Canada$30K
- Islamic Circle of North America$27K
- Sakeenah Canada$23K
- Nisa Foundation$23K
- Human Concern International (hci)$18K
- Children of Hope$15K
- Islamic Social Services Association Inc./ l'Association des Services Sociaux Islamiques Inc.$14K
- Penny Appeal Canada$11K
- Muslim Children's Aid and Support Services$10K
- Pearl$10K
- ST Thomas' Church Brooklin$5,000
- Indus Development Foundation$5,000
- Rahmah Foundation Canada$5,000
- Hope 4 Humanity Islamic Charity$5,000
- Operation Smile Canada Foundation$5,000
- Deen Support Services$5,000
- World Parkinson's Program$5,000
Received $1,960 from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$1.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ebrahim Sidat (vice president); Waheed Lakhani (trustee); Muhammed Naeem (trustee); Kazim Qureshi (chair person); Mohammed Rahim (president); Sadiq Vaid (trustee); Nizakat Hussain (trustee); Fahad Hashmi (joint secretary); Nauman Qadri (treasurer); Omair Naeem (general secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pickering Islamic Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 875934366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.