The Bayan & Taha Family Foundation
Private foundation · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 777242108RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($266,761) as filed with the CRA.
The Bayan & Taha Family Foundation is a private foundation based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $54K in revenue and $267K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Compared with 3,025 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $264K in 2024, the largest being $171K to United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $1.4M in 2021 to $54K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
we made grants to qualified donees that support the Muslims
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $54K | $267K | — | — | $264K | $2.7M |
| 2023 | $4,461 | $36K | $0 | $0 | $36K | $2.2M |
| 2022 | $940K | $14K | — | — | $14K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $1.4M | $30K | $0 | $0 | $30K | $1.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $264K to 9 qualified donees:
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency$171K
- Khalil Health Services$31K
- Mosque Aisha$20K
- Zaytuna College$10K
- Droplets of Mercy Inc.$10K
- National Zakat Foundation$7,147
- Mount Pleasant Islamic Center$5,000
- Human Concern International (hci)$5,000
- Al-Rashid Islamic Institute$5,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Taha Haj-Ahmad (executive director); Bayan Haj Ahmad (executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Bayan & Taha Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 777242108RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.