World Somali Congress (WSC)
Publicly funded institution · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 872547443RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($487,284) as filed with the CRA.
World Somali Congress (WSC) is a charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $549K in revenue and $487K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $15K.
None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $139K in 2020 to $549K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Fully operates (ecole ibn batouta & canada knowledge academy) schools that teach fully accredited ontario curriculum from junior to high school provides building & maintenance books and equipment to the school.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $549K | $487K | — | — | — | $166K |
| 2023 | $469K | $415K | — | — | — | $104K |
| 2022 | $309K | $264K | — | — | — | $49K |
| 2021 | $283K | $293K | $291K | — | — | $4,927 |
| 2020 | $139K | $210K | $209K | — | — | $15K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $15K from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,99929 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$305K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Abdillahi Ahmed (president); Anissa Meke (treasurer); Abdusalam Abdurazak (director); Abdusalam Abdurazak (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from World Somali Congress (WSC)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872547443RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.