Berkeley Muslim Life
Legal name: Berkeley Muslim Life Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 922859337
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $125,875
- Expenses
- $501
- Assets
- $235,409
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Zaid Syed (Board Chair)
- Khalid Kadir (Board Secretary)
- Qazi Ahmad (Board Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Berkeley Muslim Life strives to meet the complex needs of a vibrant spiritual life in the contemporary context. We aim to embody the Prophetic tradition in the service of our broad campus community. We will do this through the provision of pastoral care and religious leadership, as well as the development of a strong, engaged Muslim community. Ultimately, we seek to support personal spiritual transformation and positive social change.
What it reported doing in 2024
After a successful launch event and fundraiser in January 2024 we engaged affluent community members to secure the remaining funds. Board members hosted virtual and in-person meetings to promote Berkeley Muslim Lifes vision. These efforts were crucial in gaining support and donations for sustainability. This allowed us to be ready for our second public event in Fall 2025 to complete fundraising and initiate the first hiring process.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 469.88; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 72.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 4 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.