Rahma Foundation
Private foundation · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 802909515RR0001 · Support of Schools and Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($128,078) as filed with the CRA.
Rahma Foundation is a private foundation based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under support of schools and education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $113K in revenue and $128K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,183.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 81% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $74K in 2024, the largest being $11K to Nisa Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $63K in 2020 to $113K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
(a) to alleviate poverty among impoverished individuals and families including refugees new Canadians and vulnerable women and children impacted by family violence by: (i) providing the basic necessaries of life including but not limited to food personal hygiene supplies and clothing; and (ii) developing constructing holding maintaining and operating housing facilities to provide rental accommodation at below market rates; (b) to provide counselling and other support services to refugees new Canadians and vulnerable women impacted by family violence in need incl…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $113K | $128K | $49K | — | $74K | $439K |
| 2023 | $139K | $142K | $51K | — | $87K | $384K |
| 2022 | $129K | $101K | $36K | — | $62K | — |
| 2021 | $20K | $69K | $34K | — | $35K | $379K |
| 2020 | $63K | $106K | $8,642 | — | $97K | $428K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $74K to 20 qualified donees:
- Nisa Foundation$11K
- Sound Vision Canada (SVC)$11K
- Muslim Food Bank and Community Service$11K
- Sajjadiyya Trust$10K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$9,000
- The Shia Muslim Community of British Columbia$5,775
- International Development and Relief Foundation$5,000
- University of Windsor$2,000
- CJPME Foundation$1,000
- Reaching Out to Zanzibar International Development Organization$1,000
- Volunteers for Humanity$1,000
- The Zahra(s) Trust Canada$1,000
- Mihrab Art & Culture Foundation$1,000
- Markaz-Ul-Islam Society of Edmonton$1,000
- Child Aid International Fund Society$1,000
- Naseeha Youth Helpline$1,000
- Rahmah Foundation Canada$800
- Islamic Humanitarian Service$500
- Al-Ayn Social Care Foundation Canada$200
- Autism Speaks Canada$100
Received $1,183 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mohamed Dewji (chair); Fatema Dewji (treasurer); Sabera Dewji (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Rahma Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 802909515RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.