Inner-City Muslim Action Network

Overview

Mission

IMAN fosters health, wellness, and healing in the inner-city by organizing for social change, cultivating the arts, and operating a holistic health center. Get involved Support IMAN To help support IMAN and our efforts, please consider making a zakat-eligible donation to IMAN today. Our efforts are fueled by the support, love and prayers of beloved community members such as yourself. Support IMAN []( Patient portal Programs. A robust mixed-use community space to serve as the home of a workforce training site with 48 units of housing for returning residents, justice-involved youth and their respective families. A one-stop hub providing access to housing and jobs. Done in partnership with our Go Green on Racine partners: R.A.G.E., Teamwork Englewoood, and E.G. Woode. Learn More.

What it reported doing in 2024

Organizing and advocacy imans organizing & advocacy department builds power by strengthening relationships based on trust and shared values, identifying needs and opportunities for creating more just communities and training bases of local leaders who are able to advocate on their communitys behalf. Imans organizing wins include passing multiple laws and amendments around criminal justice reform, police accountability, and food access and mobilizing the resources and political credibility to establish the origanizations first grocery store, the go green community fresh market. Imans organizng and advocacy work is done in close partnership with broad multi-faith, multi-ethnic alliances at the city, state and national level. Iman also hosts a youth council of local young leaders that are trained and educated in imans signature community organizing curriculum, and participate in drawing up the vision for action and accountability around important community needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
364167433
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Chicago, IL, United States
Phone
(773) 434-IMAN (4626)
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.8%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: -2.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 67.8% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $12.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $262K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $627K reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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

24 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • BRITTANI JAMES (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $262,500 total reported compensation
  • RAMI NASHASHIBI (FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $225,000 total reported compensation
  • ALIA BILAL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $225,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.