Buffalo Islamic Community Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455311302
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7165348673
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Neighborhood Centers
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $76,733
- Expenses
- $22,327
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AWIL KARSHE (V PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SALIM ALI (PRESIDENTTREASURER)
- AWIL KARSHE (V PRESIDENT)
- YAHYA OMAR (EXECUTIVE OFFICERADV)
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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Prayer education and religious activity for Muslims
What it reported doing in 2017
The aims and purposes of the Buffalo Islamic Community center BICC shall be to advance the cause of Islam and serve Muslims in BuffalO NY NY area so as to enable them to adopt Islam as a complete way of life Towards this end it shall Arrange and hold congregational prayers and Islamic religious festival at appropriate times To indorse the principles of alIslam based on the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of Prophet Mohammed peace be upon him Conduct religious educational social cultural and other activities in the best traditions of Islam Provide Islamic services and in the best traditions of Islam Provide Islamic services and develop institutions to meet the needs of Muslims
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: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 70.9%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -64.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.