Zawiya Fellowship
Charitable organization · Cambridge, Ontario · BN 835457318RR0001 · Islam · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($196,637) as filed with the CRA.
Zawiya Fellowship is a charitable organization based in Cambridge, Ontario, classified by the CRA under islam. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $233K in revenue and $197K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from donations.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 2 qualified donees totalling $2,200 in 2024, the largest being $2,000 to Naqshbandi Sufi Toronto. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $138K in 2020 to $233K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Zawiya fellowship maintains and supports a house of worship a masjid (mosque) with regular scheduled prayers including friday prayers eid celebrations twice a year month of ramadan activities which include congregational prayers and communal breakfast.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $233K | $197K | $122K | — | $22K | $1M |
| 2023 | $260K | $209K | $16K | — | $14K | $979K |
| 2022 | $215K | $135K | $98K | — | — | $928K |
| 2021 | $243K | $106K | — | — | — | $848K |
| 2020 | $138K | $131K | — | — | — | $755K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2,200 to 2 qualified donees:
- Naqshbandi Sufi Toronto$2,000
- Afghan Canadian Support of Waterloo Region/afghan Associatio$200
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$107K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Nuhammad Akili (president); Khizer Pervez (vice president/legal counsel); Khalid Pervez (secretary-treasurer); Sevil Goktas (executive secretary); Nimat Syed (board of trustee); Muhammad Khan (board of trustee); Sahida Zalgaonker (board of trustee); Fazannah Khan (board of trustee); Syed Ali (board of trustee).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Zawiya Fellowship’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835457318RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.