Africa Relief and Community Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462568671
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Clifton, NJ, USA
Phone
1-855-273-6628
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,380,422
Expenses
$10,289,329
Assets
$3,515,152
Liabilities
$1,079,497

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mohamed Moussa (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mohamed Moussa (President): $118,189 total reported compensation
  • Yousef Abdallah Thru 1025 (Executive Dir.): $116,260 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Facilitating Dignity to Vulnerable African Communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Healthcare: africa relief is providing two different emergency response strategies to help prevent the complete collapse of the public health system. We play an active role in the rehabilitation of hospitals and the distribution of medicine medical equipment & supplies

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported · 5 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $8.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 8 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $737K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.