The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Toronto
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119255909RR0001 · Other Religions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-20. Split of total expenditures ($1,183,803) as filed with the CRA.
The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Toronto is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending March 20, 2024, it reported $944K in revenue and $1.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 96% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $192.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $484K in 2024, the largest being $484K to L'Assemblée Spirituelle Nationale des Baha'is du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Held 19 spiritual gatherings and observed 9 holy days. Held regular meetings of the spiritual assembly to develop systems to support the community activities based on the teachings of the baha'I faith. Held devotional meetings study sessions children's classes and junior youth classes and associated community activities (service projects visits to families children's festivals family camps etc) provided financial support to the national spiritual assembly of the baha'is of canada (associated charity) for its programs collaborated with other religious organizations to eliminate religi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $944K | $1.2M | $684K | — | $484K | $9.1M |
| 2023 | $830K | $1.1M | $869K | — | $252K | $9.3M |
| 2022 | $711K | $1M | $764K | — | $259K | $9.6M |
| 2021 | $719K | $953K | $586K | — | $355K | $10M |
| 2020 | $704K | $914K | $669K | — | $233K | $10.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $484K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $192 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Vahid Spencer (director); Kathryn Lobo (director); Veronica Robinson (director); Eesther Maloney-Lebensold (director); Marcia Paltoo (director); Ashraf Rushdy (director); Matthew Kianfar (director); Saba Haie (director); Sara Louie Tehrani (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 Toronto’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119255909RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.