Al Huda Society

Legal name: Al-huda Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043489394
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2016
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Chelsea, MA, United States
Phone
(617) 409-9328
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Islam
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$790,374
Expenses
$708,504
Assets
$2,226,573
Liabilities
$236,138

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HASSAN EL-ALAMI (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE)
  • LOAY ASSAF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MOHAMED LAMAALLEM (DIR/EXECUTIVE DIR): $46,200 total reported compensation
  • HANANE WAHABI (DIR/SCHOOL DIRECTOR): $17,600 total reported compensation
  • LOAY ASSAF (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $2,692 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide high-quality Arabic language education that fosters cultural understanding, communication skills, and academic excellence, empowering students to become global citizens who contribute positively to their communities and the world. For the last 20 years, Al Huda Society has provided weekend education for our children to learn valuable knowledge that will help them achieve a firm understanding of their faith and the ethics and morals it provides them. Over the years, hundreds of young boys and girls have learned the tools to read and write the Arabic language at Al Huda weekend school. Arabic language is an essential key to read the Quran and also to explore a very rich Islamic heritage. Al Huda weekend school aspires to be an ideal place to encourage the spiritual growth of our children and the establishment of their Muslim identity. Read More Our Mission.

What it reported doing in 2016

The organization provides a cultural and educational program to serve the muslims in the greater boston area, so they preserve & practice their faith founded on the deep, balanced and moderate understanding of islam, through educational, social & spiritual programs & activities catered for children, youth and adults. The organization aims to build a role model muslim community which is well integrated and, positively contributing to society.

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 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.14; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 72.2% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported · 4 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $570K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.