The Yousef Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation
Private foundation · Thorold, Ontario · BN 768947608RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($652,460) as filed with the CRA.
The Yousef Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Thorold, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $4.5M in revenue and $652K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 88% from donations.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 73% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $624K in 2024, the largest being $402K to Brock University. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
We made donations to qualified donees that support the community. For example university's hospitals and local community centres.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.5M | $652K | — | — | $624K | $17M |
| 2023 | $12.7M | $437K | — | — | $430K | $12.4M |
| 2022 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | $0 | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $624K to 11 qualified donees:
- Brock University$402K
- Regional Municipality of Niagara - Canada Summer Games Park$80K
- Rotary Club of ST Catherines South Charitable Trust$55K
- Mount Pleasant Islamic Center$55K
- AL IKRAM Foundation$10K
- Mosque Aisha$10K
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Niagara$5,000
- Islamic Society of ST. Catharines$5,000
- Niagara Children's Centre$1,000
- New Apostolic Church Canada$500
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$150
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Yousef Haj-Ahmad (director); Lila Haj-Ahmad (director); Miriam Haj-Ahmad (secretary); Zakaria Haj-Ahmad (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Yousef Haj-Ahmad Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 768947608RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.