The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Burnaby
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 119160133RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-20. Split of total expenditures ($172,598) as filed with the CRA.
The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Burnaby is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending March 20, 2024, it reported $166K in revenue and $173K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $94K in 2024, the largest being $94K to L'Assemblée Spirituelle Nationale des Baha'is du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $68K in 2020 to $166K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Administering the affairs of the burnaby baha’I community - marital status (marriage certification divorce processing) - maintaining/ managing community database(move-ins/move-outs) - managing all external affairs work – both governmental and non-governmental - holding children’s programs geared towards teaching vitues and promoting racial harmony - holding public devotional educational and humanitarian gatherings and conferences - providing financial support to the national spiritual assembly of the baha’is of canada(associated charity) for its national programs
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $166K | $173K | — | — | $101K | $0 |
| 2023 | $246K | $285K | — | — | $54K | $40K |
| 2022 | $111K | $104K | — | — | $57K | $79K |
| 2021 | $114K | $106K | — | — | $94K | $57K |
| 2020 | $68K | $25K | $15K | — | — | $36K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $94K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$22K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Erfan Farhangpour (chairperson); Hamed Teymouri (vice-chairman); Mahoush Hosseinzadeh (secretary); Nasrin Pakzad-Vaezi (director); Bahram Ferdosian (director); Erfan Vaezi (treasurer); Amir Haghighi (director); Moshtagh Mohammadi (director); Saeid Mushtagh (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Burnaby’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119160133RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.