Ummah Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 128231040RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,486,343) as filed with the CRA.
Ummah Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, it reported $4.3M in revenue and $4.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $47K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 96% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 65 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 4 qualified donees totalling $63K in 2024, the largest being $25K to Hands for Charity. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $4.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Ummah society continues to provide religious services and activities including the five daily congregational prayers friday sermon and prayer ramadan and eid prayers quran classes religious lectures marriage services funeral services etc. To the muslim community in nova-scotia; provide early childhood education as well as primary and secondary education based on islamic principles and in accordance with the nova-scotia curriculum; offer community services and activities including counselling matrimonial matchmaking professional and skills development training workshops spiritual an…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3M | $4.5M | $3.7M | $2,000 | $63K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $4.9M | $3.3M | $2.8M | $2,700 | $154K | $10M |
| 2022 | $3.9M | $2.2M | $2.7M | $2,636 | $59K | $8.7M |
| 2021 | $2M | $1.8M | $176K | $4,535 | $80K | $6.8M |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.2M | — | — | $6.5M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $63K to 4 qualified donees:
- Hands for Charity$25K
- Islamic Relief - Ir Canada$18K
- Penny Appeal$15K
- Somali Relief Network of North America$5,000
Received $47K from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,99910 positions
- Permanent full-time positions65
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nassrat Ahmed (treasurer); Hussein Ahmed (vice chair); Zaman Ashraf Al (chair); Omar Khartabil (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ummah Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 128231040RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.