ALIM Program
Legal name: American Learning Institute for Muslims
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383633579
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Canton, MI, United States
- Phone
- (734) 956-0698
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $204,191
- Expenses
- $277,337
- Assets
- $73,235
- Liabilities
- $2,315
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Shirin Khan (Treasurer): $45,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster critical thinking in the context of Islam. Support ALIM’s valuable community resource by becoming a **monthly donor and helping sustain our programming!** Once you subscribe, you’ll receive a private recurring link to join our upcoming meetings, plus monthly updates via text and email. Learn about this month's book pick and become a member below! Register July Selection. At ALIM, our dedicated team is the driving force behind our monthly book club, operations, outreach, Frames segment, and marketing efforts. Led by a group of passionate individuals who are committed to promoting literacy and cultural awareness, our team works tirelessly to curate thought-provoking book selections, plan engaging discussions, and ensure the smooth operation of our programs. Additionally, our outreach director works tirelessly to spread the word about ALIM and attract new members, while our...
What it reported doing in 2024
A summer long program was conducted educating students in Islamic beliefs, customs, traditions, and how they relate to our society. Additionally, we held weekend courses throughout the year as well as Winter Courses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th 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: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $251K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.