Al-Kawthar Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832356739
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Valley Stream, New York, USA
Phone
(929) 434-8718
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Islam
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,172,509
Expenses
$445,366
Assets
$1,102,188
Liabilities
$4,375

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tanbir Ahmed (President)
  • Kawsar Ahmed (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tanbir Ahmed (President): $67,620 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Al-Kawthar is a nonprofit rooted in the Prophetic tradition, encouraging individuals to serve their fellow human beings and society. Al-Kawthar accomplishes this mission by feeding the impoverished, aiding orphans, and uplifting marginalized communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

International Disaster Releif & Humanitarian Aid Al-Kawthar provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to communities affected by conflict, displacement, and poverty in international regions, including Jordan, Yemen, and Bangladesh. Funds were directed to support emergency aid, food, andd shelter distribution to displaced populations, with ongoing care for orphaned children. The organization works with local partners to ensure aid reaches those in need and that contributions are deployed efficiently.

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 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.7%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 20
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 8.5%; rating input score 8; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 62%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 80.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 99.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 7.7% of revenue deployed · 20.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported · 4 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $90K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $68K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 28 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 8/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.