The Aga Khan Museum
Charitable organization · North York, Ontario · BN 821197514RR0001 · Public Amenities · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,878,799) as filed with the CRA.
The Aga Khan Museum is a charitable organization based in North York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under public amenities. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $19.6M in revenue and $18.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 28% from donations, 19% from other charities. In 2024, 24 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $4.1M.
Compared with 46 public-amenity charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $300,000–349,999 range. The charity reported 70 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 16 names.
In its own words
The aga khan museum in toronto is dedicated to showcasing the cultural artistic and intellectual heritage and contribution of muslim civilization and their connections with other cultures and civilization. Through art performances exhibitions research education and collaboration with other leading national and international institutions the museum's unique mandate aims to impact lives and contribute to more inclusive and peaceful societies.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $19.6M | $18.9M | $12.6M | $1.9M | — | $17.6M |
| 2023 | $16.8M | $18.1M | $11.7M | $1.8M | — | $14.9M |
| 2022 | $16.7M | $16.1M | $10.5M | $2.2M | — | $10.3M |
| 2021 | $13.8M | $11.6M | $7.4M | $1.6M | — | $9.6M |
| 2020 | $15.4M | $12.7M | $7.5M | $2M | $0 | $7.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4.1M from 24 charities:
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3.1M
- Aga Khan Foundation Canada$574K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$100K
- Rajan Family Foundation$74K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$61K
- BenefAction Foundation$49K
- Ventum Donor-Advised Foundation$25K
- Ahamed Foundation$25K
- Toronto Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$20K
- Partners in Art$15K
- Bay Tree Foundation$10K
- Noor Cultural Centre Canada$10K
- Aqueduct Foundation$6,948
- Canadahelps Canadon$6,525
- The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation$5,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$3,516
- The Silver Hotel Group Ruparell Foundation$3,500
- The Calgary Foundation$3,150
- The K M Hunter Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Nathan and Lily Silver Family Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,170
- Lee Tak Wai Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $300,000–349,9991 position
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions70
- Total compensation, all staff$7.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Amyn Aga Khan (chairman); Amyn Aga Khan (director); Huguette Labelle (director); Thomas Lentz (director); Henri Loyrette (director); Luis Monreal (director); Malik Talib (director & secretary); Riaz Ahmed (director); Mahmood Khimji (director); Sultana Mangalji (director); Irfhan Rawji (director); Zainub Verjee (director); Paul Davidson (director); Elizabeth Dowdeswell (director); Faaiza Lalji (director); Sahezad Pradhan (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Aga Khan Museum’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821197514RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.