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Legal name: Arab Community Center for Economic and S

Overview

Mission

To advance the health, economic, social, and cultural well-being of all communities regionally and nationwide.

What it reported doing in 2023

Community health, mental health and research provide mental health assistance through counseling, psychiatry, case management, home-based and early on mental health services to the community. Provide a fully integrated community health center that provides bilingual and bicultural services that include family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, breast cancer education and screening, women, infant, and children, tobacco education and cessation, cardiovascular and diabetes education, screening and treatment, HIV/AIDS & std education, counseling, testing and referrals, senior citizen medical screening, and public health research and environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237444497
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Headquarters
Dearborn, MI, USA
Phone
(313) 842-7010
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 51.6%; rating input score 52; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $39.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $411K · 22 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $686K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 46 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 42 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MAHA FREIJ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $411,337 total reported compensation
  • LINA HARAJLI (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $399,276 total reported compensation
  • DR WISAM SALMAN (PSYCHIATRIST): $367,026 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2023.