The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Westminster
Charitable organization · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 887330991RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-20. Split of total expenditures ($85,016) as filed with the CRA.
The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Westminster is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending March 20, 2024, it reported $58K in revenue and $85K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 13,471 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 21% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $40K in 2024, the largest being $40K to L'Assemblée Spirituelle Nationale des Baha'is du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
*marital status ( marriage certification divorce processing) -- maintaining/managing community database ( move-in/outs) *managing all external affairs work - both governmental and non-governmental *to hold public devotional educational and humanitatian conferences *provide financial support to the national spiritual assembly of the bahai's of canada (associated charity) *to hold children programs teaching virtues and promotion of the unity in the community *to hold moral education of junior youth and engage them in volunteering in community
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $58K | $85K | $5,016 | — | $40K | — |
| 2023 | $50K | $59K | $7,166 | — | $52K | $3,554 |
| 2022 | $51K | $43K | $4,254 | — | $39K | $13K |
| 2021 | $35K | $37K | $1,269 | — | $36K | $6,284 |
| 2020 | $40K | $41K | $6,964 | — | $34K | $9,049 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $40K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Neema Sammi (treasurer); Evangelina Stephens; Joyce Shebib; Alexis Nieland; Bahiyyih Peters (secretary); Mahnaz Farhangmehr; Behnaz Khanjany; Dorsa Noureddin (chairperson); Bebeth Cohen (vice-chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Westminster’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 887330991RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.