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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Investment income$23,481
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.