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Wijhah Initiative

Charitable organizationIslam·30 WALLACE DR · CAMBRIDGE, ON · N1T 1K7·BN 770530806RR0001·website ↗

Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31

What it does — in its own words

Ongoing programs

Friday Faith Circles This weekly program focuses on studying the chapters of the Holy Quran. A qualified scholar leads the sessions explaining the verses and their relevance. The program includes a congregational prayer as part of its format. Healing Hearts (Wednesday Nights) An ongoing Wednesday night program that explores the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) particularly how he dealt with struggles and hardship. The aim is to relate these teachings to modern life challenges. Congregational prayer is also part of each session. Sunday Suhbah Held every Sunday morning this Show more

Friday Faith Circles This weekly program focuses on studying the chapters of the Holy Quran. A qualified scholar leads the sessions explaining the verses and their relevance. The program includes a congregational prayer as part of its format. Healing Hearts (Wednesday Nights) An ongoing Wednesday night program that explores the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) particularly how he dealt with struggles and hardship. The aim is to relate these teachings to modern life challenges. Congregational prayer is also part of each session. Sunday Suhbah Held every Sunday morning this program offers an in-depth journey through the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It emphasizes extracting personal and communal lessons from his life.

New programs

Wellness Within A bi-weekly Monday program addressing the mental health needs of young Muslims. It teaches resilience self-awareness and emotional regulation from an Islamic framework. Monthly Social Events A new initiative was launched in 2024 to foster community connection and wellness. Held once a month these events included Crochet Night Paint Night and Bowling Night providing positive engaging spaces for youth and community members. All programs listed above were carried out directly by Wijhah Initiative through its volunteers. The charity did not make any qualifying disbursement Show more

Wellness Within A bi-weekly Monday program addressing the mental health needs of young Muslims. It teaches resilience self-awareness and emotional regulation from an Islamic framework. Monthly Social Events A new initiative was launched in 2024 to foster community connection and wellness. Held once a month these events included Crochet Night Paint Night and Bowling Night providing positive engaging spaces for youth and community members. All programs listed above were carried out directly by Wijhah Initiative through its volunteers. The charity did not make any qualifying disbursements to other organizations or individuals during this fiscal period. Volunteer Contribution Summary: In 2024 approximately 70 volunteers supported Wijhah Initiative's charitable activities. Each volunteer contributed an average of 3–5 hours per week assisting with both the direct delivery of weekly events and behind-the-scenes operations. Volunteer roles included programming facilitation event coordination marketing fundraising financial management and community project planning. Their collective efforts were essential to the success and continuity of the organization's charitable mission.

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.

Cents to cause

T1 · computed (open data)

59¢

Per its F2024 T3010, 59¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.

Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.

T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Operating overhead

T1 · computed (open data)

41%

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 ↗

Reserves

T1 · computed (open data)

0.5 yr

Years current reserves could cover program spending.

Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).

T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Total revenue

T1 · computed (open data)

$203K

Last-reported total revenue.

T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Donor-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

44%

Share of revenue from receipted donations.

T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗

Government-funded

T1 · computed (open data)

17%

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 ↗

★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)

Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 618 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.

Board of directors

5 directors reported · 4 of 5at arm's length

  • Qamar, Mohammed MQTeam Managernot at arm's length
  • Abraar, Unia AUFinance Managerarm's length
  • Leyla Fatma, Fayaz LFFEvents Coordinatorarm's length
  • Aiysha, Lalva ALGrants Managerarm's length
  • Samatar Abdi, Abukar SAASystems Coordinatorarm'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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