Afghans Empowered Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853040609
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8587841122
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,311
Expenses
$42,023
Assets
$88,141
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mursel Sabir (President)
  • Machelle Sabir (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mursel Sabir (President)
  • Machelle Sabir (Vice President)
  • Mariam Abdul Shakoor (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Afghans Empowered is a community-based organization that seeks to empower the future generations of Afghans worldwide. We want to connect Afghan around the (continued on Schedule O, Statement 2)

What it reported doing in 2024

MCCC Circus We began a new project/partnership to support activities for education and humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. Through our partnership we support 38 active Social Circus teams in 18 provinces that fund food, performances, events, diverse workshops essential equipment, and educational and extracurricular activities for thousands of girls and boys.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.1%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 66.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -33.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.1% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.