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.
Private foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Receipted donations$4,002,020
- Investment income$539,899
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
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.