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Burlington, ON · Charitable organization

Islamic Relief - Ir Canada

Islamic Relief Canada carries out humanitarian and development programs in over 30 countries.

C$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
136
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
Regions reached
C$815k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 136 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k50 grants · C$141k
  • C$10k–50k33 grants · C$822k
  • C$50k–250k39 grants · C$4.4M
  • C$250k+14 grants · C$7.0M
C$26,109
Median grant
7
Regions reached
C$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARKAZ-UL-ISLAM CONGREGATION OF FORT MCMURRAYC$814,940
Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations-CanadaC$769,500
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA - Canada (ISNA - Canada)C$724,776
Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research CanadaC$647,452
HALTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATIONC$614,175
Canada-Palestine Cultural AssociationC$592,665
The Canadian-Muslim VoteC$458,440
MANITOBA ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION INC.C$451,120
Risalah FoundationC$392,473
Muslim Youth & Community Centre SocietyC$344,815
CENTRE CULTUREL ISLAMIQUE DE QUÉBECC$324,327
Arabian Muslim AssociationC$309,000
Guildford Islamic Cultural CenterC$298,525
MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF CALGARY (MAC)C$274,508
National Zakat FoundationC$230,000
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Your giving at home — 88% of grant dollars (C$36M). The 12% that went abroad (C$4.7M) is mapped below.

Which regions your grants reach

Ontario
C$22M
Alberta
C$7.1M
Quebec
C$2.0M
British Columbia
C$1.9M
Nova Scotia
C$706k
Saskatchewan
C$618k
Manitoba
C$476k
Yukon
C$15k
New Brunswick
C$3k
Prince Edward Island
C$3k

Beyond home — 12% of all-years giving (C$4.7M)

0 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

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International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same T3010 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$31M · 136 repeat orgsC$5.4M to everyone else

136 repeat relationships — 91 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 41 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

136
69

Total granted

C$31M
C$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+38%

Still filing today

99%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$3.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • MC
    Markaz-Ul-Islam Congregation Of Fort Mcmurray
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$3.4M · revenue +66% · 34% of their budget
  • TI
    The Islamic Society Of North America - Canada
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$2.4M · revenue +108%
  • YI
    Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research Canada
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$1.6M · revenue +362% · 35% of their budget

Funded once

  • CC
    Care Canada
    one grant, 2023 · C$300k · revenue +19%
  • CU
    CANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE - COMITE UNICEF CANADA
    one grant, 2021 · C$300k · revenue +14%
  • ID
    Indus Development Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · C$249k · revenue -12%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Baitul Mukarram Islamic Centre Calgary

Five Times Daily Prayers - Friday Jumua Prayers - Taraweh Prayers during holy month of Ramadan - Two EID Prayers - Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) School for Kids - Weekly class for Adults - Weekly youth session - Monthly Halaqa (Program)

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2
Islamic Research Centre of Canada

1- Daily five times prayer 2- Friday prayer with sermon 3- Eid Prayer 4- Taraweeh prayer 5- Halaqah (Study Circle) 6- Tafseer (Interpretation of Quran) classes.

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3
The Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque

The centre and mosque offers daily prayer and weekly congregational prayers throughout the year. additional events are held durning the month of ramadan and both annual eid days. in addition there are saturday and sunday qur'an and arabic…

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4
Al Makkah Calgary Islamic Society

Charity arranges the five (5) prayers per day everyday provides the Islamic education to the children delivers the weekly lectures arranges the various events throughout the year including but not limited to big event of Ramadan Eid Ul…

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5
Islamic Organization of North America Canada

Lectures on Quranic Studies.

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6
Islamic Education & Information Centre
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7
Islamic Heritage of Canada

Religious programs and prayers sessions

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8
The Islamic School of Ottawa
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9
Hazrat Bilal Islamic Centre

Five times a day prayer place to the muslim community and islamic education to their children

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10
Imam Ali Masjid of Ottawa

Daily congregational prayers educational and social services including youth activities and religious seminars. hosting religious events to the community

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11
East Ottawa Masjid and Community Center

East ottawa masjid and community center is focused on providing daily five time prayers weekly friday prayers and special prayer services (ramadan eid ul fitr and eid ul adha) throughout the year to the local muslim faith communities in an…

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12
Mas Islamic Centre
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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Islamic Circle of North America and the most unlike its peers is The Governors of the University of Alberta. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

237 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 237 of the 246 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
73
Early backer (in before they grew)
233/237
Grantees still filing
157/237
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMarkaz-Ul-Islam Congregation Of Fort Mcmurray — C$3,394,014 over 6y, 34% of budgetThe Islamic Society Of North America - Canada — C$2,375,126 over 5y, 11% of budgetYaqeen Institute for Islamic Research Canada — C$1,609,984 over 5y, 35% of budgetHALTON ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION — C$1,373,380 over 4y, 12% of budgetCentre culturel islamique De Quebec — C$1,340,081 over 6y, 47% of budgetSeeds Of Leadership — C$1,243,110 over 4y, 87% of budgetSick Kids Foundation — C$1,200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUnion of Medical Care and Relief Organizations-Canada — C$769,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetMuslim Welfare Centre Of Toronto — C$766,200 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetDOWNTOWN ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION — C$715,859 over 4y, 32% of budgetMuslim Youth & Community Centre Society — C$659,390 over 2y, 16% of budgetCanada-Palestine Cultural Association — C$602,771 over 3y, 35% of budgetMuslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration — C$543,440 over 8y, 27% of budgetNational Zakat Foundation — C$496,468 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetHumanitarian Coalition / Coalition Humanitaire — C$490,275 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetLondon Health Sciences Foundation — C$477,639 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMANITOBA ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION INC. — C$471,951 over 3y, 13% of budgetSICKKIDS CHARITABLE GIVING FUND — C$450,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetArabian Muslim Association — C$442,709 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetGuildford Islamic Cultural Center — C$426,352 over 2y, 11% of budgetHelpage Canada - Aide Aux Aines (Canada) — C$396,323 over 2y, 20% of budgetDarul Khair Center Stouffville — C$387,077 over 3y, 21% of budgetSaskatoon Dawah And Community Centre Inc — C$380,364 over 3y, 33% of budgetHuman Concern International — C$367,896 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNazem Kadri Foundation — C$360,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetSALAHEDDIN ISLAMIC CENTRE INC — C$338,340 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetMUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF CANADA — C$336,849 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Canadian-Muslim Vote — C$328,056 over 2y, 78% of budgetMarkaz Ul Islam Society Of Edmonton — C$323,703 over 2y, 21% of budgetOXFAM CANADA — C$322,466 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMcmaster University — C$320,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMasjid Al-Fatima Tuz Zahra (SA) and Shah Sufi Congregation C — C$308,860 over 3y, 78% of budgetCare Canada — C$300,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANADIAN UNICEF COMMITTEE - COMITE UNICEF CANADA — C$300,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF CALGARY (MAC) — C$291,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSomali Islamic Society of BC — C$272,481 over 3y, 26% of budgetRisalah Foundation — C$261,529 over 2y, 13% of budgetLife For Relief And Development — C$260,553 over 2y, 16% of budgetIslamic Family & Social Services Association — C$259,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetIndus Development Foundation — C$249,272 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetQueen'S University — C$245,151 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuildford Cultural Islamic Center — C$229,268 over 3y, 16% of budgetCANADIAN COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION CONSEIL CANA — C$224,035 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetMasjid Bilal Muslim Association — C$205,674 over 5y, 75% of budgetOttawa Muslim Association — C$204,911 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetTHE NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP COMMUNITY SERVICES — C$199,280 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNaseeha Youth Helpline — C$198,109 over 1y, 16% of budgetSAVE THE CHILDREN CANADA/AIDE À L'ENFANCE CANADA — C$197,746 over 2y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Human Concern Interna…Penny Appeal CanadaMuslim Association of…Assunnah Muslims Asso…Muslim Community Foun…South Nepean Muslim C…Muslim Society of Wat…Islamic Society of Ma…Islamic Society of Cu…Islamic Society of To…Kanata Muslim Associa…Faith of Life Network
Human Concern International (Hci)ON48.8× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Human Concern International (Hci) · Penny Appeal Canada · Muslim Association of Canada · Assunnah Muslims Association · Muslim Community Foundation of Calgary · South Nepean Muslim Community (Snmc) · Muslim Society of Waterloo and Wellington Counties · Islamic Society of Markham · Islamic Society of Cumberland · Islamic Society of Toronto · Kanata Muslim Association · Faith of Life Network

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 246 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-12-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a charitable organization under protective health care.

Source object 821896875:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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