Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811843680
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5039223456
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,775,037
Expenses
$9,790,269
Assets
$9,376,214
Liabilities
$6,659,896

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABDIKADIR B MOHAMUD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ABDISALAN MUSE (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ABDIKADIR B MOHAMUD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $168,516 total reported compensation
  • ABDISALAN MUSE (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $130,958 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule o

What it reported doing in 2024

Oregon & Minnesota | mental health, youth gang and tobacco prevention and housing stabilityin Oregon, we advanced community health through a combination of prevention, intervention, and wellness programming. Our tobacco prevention initiative, operating in multnomah and Washington counties, engaged youth and families in developing community-driven strategies to address tobacco addiction and promote long-term prevention. (continued on schedule o)complementing this work, our beyond program (building empowered youth overcoming negative dynamics) reached over 120 school-aged children through gang and violence prevention education, delivered in partnership with the city of portland and the Oregon youth development division.cairo also collaborated with kaiser permanente and multnomah county to implement targeted wellness programs focused on improving mental health, resilience, and family well-being. These included youth wellness activities, culturally responsive family engagement, and health education initiatives designed to foster thriving, healthy communities. Cairo's housing access and stability program supported 144 families across central Minnesota with services including eviction prevention, rental assistance, housing navigation and wraparound support. We also facilitated eight tenant listening sessions in collaboration with local leasing agencies and community partners to elevate tenant voices, strengthen landlord-tenant relationships, and promote equitable housing practices.as part of our long-term vision for equitable housing, we acquired 3.7 acres of land in st. Cloud, designated for the development of affordable workforce housing tailored to the needs of large-sized, working families. This acquisition marks a critical step toward building community-rooted housing solutions that support economic mobility and family stability for immigrant and refugee communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.1%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $50.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.3%; rating input score 99; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.71; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 50.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.1% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.