The Shia Muslim Community of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Richmond, British Columbia · BN 133231571RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,583,991) as filed with the CRA.
The Shia Muslim Community of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $3.6M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 14% from other charities. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.5M.
Compared with 2,238 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 9% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 24 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $224K in 2024, the largest being $94K to Al-Ayn Social Care Foundation Canada. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $2.9M in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 17 names.
In its own words
Social and youth programs and other as madrasah gatherings congregations conferences and during the time of humarram and ranadhan period to advance the islamic fundamentals and code to members. Humankind-humanitarian arm of smcbc started with aim of meeting humanitarian needs of our local and global communities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $3.6M | $1.4M | — | $224K | $11.3M |
| 2023 | $3.2M | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | $182K | $13.9M |
| 2022 | $5M | $3.6M | $3.3M | — | $159K | $14.2M |
| 2021 | $3.1M | $2.8M | $2.5M | — | $207K | $12.7M |
| 2020 | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.2M | — | $234K | $12.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $224K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $1.5M from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions24
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Muhammad Khaku (director); Taslim Akbar (trustee); Mohamed Alidina (director); Kaniz Bhimani (director); Zahra Bhimani (director); Riyaz Devji (trustee); Hasnain Dewji (director); Hasnali Fazal (trustee); Ali Ladak (director); Mohamed Meghji (director); Zuheir Merali (trustee); Akber Mithani (director); Firas Moosvi (director); Jaffer Nathu (director); Aamir Sheriff (director); Abbas Virji (director); Asif Walji (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shia Muslim Community of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133231571RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.