The Zoroastrian Society of British Columbia
Charitable organization · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 132021932RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-20. Split of total expenditures ($156,766) as filed with the CRA.
The Zoroastrian Society of British Columbia is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending March 20, 2024, it reported $173K in revenue and $157K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 22% from donations. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $18K.
Compared with 2,470 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 91% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
It reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $14K to Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (fez. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $90K in 2020 to $173K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
We perform religous ceremonies like initiations weddings and celebration of lives. We provide religious education free of charge for all. We hold seminars and conferences on religion and multi faith multi cultural issues facing our youth and new immigrants. We celebrate cultural events such as norouz mehregan sadeh tirgan and patetti. We hold events to raise funds for local food banks hospitals and other charitible and non-profit organizations. We organize neighborhood food fair. We organize various programs for seniors. We hold summer camps and sporting events for children and youth.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $173K | $157K | $141K | — | $16K | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $156K | $60K | $59K | — | $680 | $1.3M |
| 2022 | $201K | $50K | $46K | — | $4,783 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $312K | $56K | $31K | — | $26K | $1M |
| 2020 | $90K | $52K | — | — | — | $764K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 3 qualified donees:
- Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (fez$14K
- Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation$1,500
- Burnaby Neighbourhood House Society$1,100
Received $18K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Armity Namiranian (maintenance director); Atousa Soroushi (secretary); Homa Ashtari (social director); Farahnaz Reyhani (president); Farhad Iranfar (treasurer); Mahnaz Jamshidi (seniors director); Zeenia Mizan (education & youth director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Zoroastrian Society of British Columbia’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 132021932RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.