The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Stratford
Charitable organization · Stratford, Ontario · BN 119256055RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-20. Split of total expenditures ($78,100) as filed with the CRA.
The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Stratford is a charitable organization based in Stratford, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending March 20, 2024, it reported $52K in revenue and $78K 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 78% of peers.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $74K in 2024, the largest being $47K to L'Assemblée Spirituelle Nationale des Baha'is du Canada. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $52K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Religious fellowship social outreach public education study programs devotional gatherings children's classes junior youth programs provided financial support to the national spiritual assembly of the baha’is of canada (associated charity) for its programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $52K | $78K | $4,162 | — | $74K | $753 |
| 2023 | $65K | $76K | $17K | — | $59K | $1,598 |
| 2022 | $67K | $59K | $3,298 | — | $55K | $12K |
| 2021 | $44K | $43K | $2,247 | — | $41K | $4,279 |
| 2020 | $29K | $29K | $9,886 | — | $19K | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $74K to 2 qualified donees:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Ward Hazen (director); Tahirih Naylor-Thimm (chairperson); Thea Symonds (secretary); Iago Davids (director); Sepehr Moshtael (director); Shabnam Tashakour (vice chairperson); Bhojraj Parmar (director); Kaitlyn MacLeod (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 Stratford’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119256055RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.