The Ottawa Muslim Association
Charitable organization · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 107806242RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,030,382) as filed with the CRA.
The Ottawa Muslim Association is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from donations. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $133K.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 92% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 90% of that peer group. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $960K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024.
In its own words
Fund raising to support and maintain mosque muslim and non-muslim organizations conducting religious services and prayer on daily basis. Development of religious understanding and co-operation with educational and non muslim organizations
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $2M | $1.5M | $1,000 | $547K | $373K |
| 2023 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $846K | — | $913K | $690K |
| 2022 | $2.4M | $1.6M | $389K | $0 | $166K | $720K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $661K | $504K |
| 2020 | $960K | $942K | — | — | $329K | $408K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $133K from 11 charities:
- Human Concern International (hci)$83K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$30K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$12K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$2,474
- The Mosque of Aylmer$1,600
- Jamiatul Muslemeen of Ottawa-Carleton$1,600
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,513
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,030
- Mackay United Church$200
- Canadahelps Canadon$158
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$25
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$485K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Ottawa Muslim Association’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 107806242RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.