Belady Us an Island for Humanity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821894804
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
5714710629
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,890
Expenses
$44,543
Assets
$28,314
Liabilities
$263

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AYA HIJAZI (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AYA HIJAZI (PRESIDENT): $3,580 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Belady is an organization that seeks to make the world more humane It is adaptive to the requirements of the time and place Now from our office in DC we seek to support young victims of police fabrication in Egypt Currently there are hundreds of children charged with and detained for alleged political crimes and to feeling alone in an unjust world, the children become easy prey in the hands of violent extremists Unless they are fully supported, and unless they can find humanity around them they will threaten the very fabric of any society With personal support feeling loved and cared for by humanity and with proper coaching these children will become healthy and constructive members of society Thus Belady will work for their release and reintegration

What it reported doing in 2025

Belady provides legal defense and psychosocial support for victims and conducts research and data collection to raise awareness of the struggles faced by political prisoners. We operate from our offices in the U.S. and agents in Tunisia and Egypt.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.