The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Vaughan
Charitable organization · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 119255842RR0001 · Other Religions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-20. Split of total expenditures ($164,542) as filed with the CRA.
The Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Vaughan is a charitable organization based in Thornhill, Ontario, classified by the CRA under other religions. In its fiscal year ending March 20, 2024, it reported $169K in revenue and $165K 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 72% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $150K in 2024, the largest being $150K to L'Assemblée Spirituelle Nationale des Baha'is du Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Holding 19 spiritual gatherings (feast). Celebrating and commemorating of 9 baha'I holidays. Hodling spiritual assembly meetings regularly every week for fostering the spirit of love and fellowship promoting the unity of mankind safeguard the welfare of humanity and service to the community. Working and cooperating with the other religious organizations in the communities to promote racial harmony. Provided financial support to the national spiritual asembley 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 | $169K | $165K | $9,875 | — | $150K | $21K |
| 2023 | $138K | $128K | $19K | — | $105K | $16K |
| 2022 | $125K | $125K | $2,945 | — | $120K | $5,902 |
| 2021 | $119K | $121K | $787 | — | $117K | $5,763 |
| 2020 | $121K | $121K | $12K | — | $101K | $7,933 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $150K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Anis Abdolmaleki (director); Rayyan Behbahani (director); Kaysan Bashiri (director); Behjat Hakimi (director); Farhood Nowzartash (director); Pedram Maleknejad (director); Mehrang Yazdani (director); Meral Asadi-Frickleton (director); Ziba Saadati (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 Vaughan’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119255842RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.