Al-Ansaar Islamic Foundation
Charitable organizationIslam·2005 - 4231 109 AVE NE · CALGARY, AB · T3N 2B1·BN 742507130RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
Cents to cause T1
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not in this filing
Operating overhead T1
10%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
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not in this filing
Revenue T1
$619K
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
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Common questions
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Is Al-Ansaar Islamic Foundation a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 742507130RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is Al-Ansaar Islamic Foundation located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 2005 - 4231 109 AVE NE, CALGARY, AB, T3N 2B1. Source.
What does Al-Ansaar Islamic Foundation do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "We have mainly following ongoing programs:- (1) We have established and are maintaining a religious school of instructions and worship (Al-Ansaar Islamic Center) by purchasing a place at 3670-63rd Avenue NE Calgary AB T3J 0S4 (Unit 120) and renting one other unit in same premises. All expenses are met with…" Full program description.
How big is Al-Ansaar Islamic Foundation?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $619K (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's under $1M revenue band, alongside 27,629 other operating charities.
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
We have mainly following ongoing programs:- (1) We have established and are maintaining a religious school of instructions and worship (Al-Ansaar Islamic Center) by purchasing a place at 3670-63rd Avenue NE Calgary AB T3J 0S4 (Unit 120) and renting one other unit in same premises. All expenses are met with donations. (2) We are helping poor to provide them basic necessities of life i.e. Food hampers and cash distribution. This activity is still very limited depending on availability of 'Zakat' donations. Some of it ($100 per family quarterly) is transmitted abroad to about 40 families of w… Show more
We have mainly following ongoing programs:- (1) We have established and are maintaining a religious school of instructions and worship (Al-Ansaar Islamic Center) by purchasing a place at 3670-63rd Avenue NE Calgary AB T3J 0S4 (Unit 120) and renting one other unit in same premises. All expenses are met with donations. (2) We are helping poor to provide them basic necessities of life i.e. Food hampers and cash distribution. This activity is still very limited depending on availability of 'Zakat' donations. Some of it ($100 per family quarterly) is transmitted abroad to about 40 families of widows/ orphans directly to their bank account.
New programs
In future we are looking to work on the following programs:- (1) Establishing and maintaining more schools of instructions worship and learning especially in NE Calgary Corner Stone area having big population of Muslims there (2) Enhancement to relieve poverty either by providing basic necessities of life to poor or helping them financially to establish a small business (3) More efforts for fund raising campaigns.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
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Not computable from this filing.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
10%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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Not reported in this filing: the return leaves out the lines this figure needs, so we show nothing rather than an estimate.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$619K
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)78%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
5%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
78%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
5%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
17%
T3010 remainder ÷ 4700
Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2022–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-30 | $121K | 98¢ | 2% | 0.9 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $106K | 100¢ | 10% | 1.5 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $393K | 7¢ | 2% | 8.7 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $619K | — | 10% | — |
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From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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Figures per each charity's F2024 T3010 · self-reported, not audited by us · ✱= that filing's expense lines don't reconcile · open a profile for sources and caveats.
Board of directors
6 directors reported · 4 of 6at arm's length
- Goraya, Muhmmad A.Founder/ Chairman AIF Canadaarm's length
- Guraya, Bukhtiar S.Vice Chairman AIF Canadanot at arm's length
- Khan, Muhammad A.Director Alberta Assemblyarm's length
- Feroz, Abdul HaseebDirector Alberta Assemblyarm's length
- Farooq, UmarPresident Alberta Assemblyarm's length
- Sharif, ArslanDirector Alberta Assemblynot at arm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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