Center for Community and Immigration Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884358971
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Germantown, MD, USA
Phone
2407512892
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$15,600
Assets
$15,600
Liabilities
$15,600

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shahzada Khurram Saeed (President Founde)
  • Maria Sidey Urena Vargas (Executive Director - Latin America)

People named in this filing

  • Shahzada Khurram Saeed (President Founde)
  • Ahmed Huq (Director Treasure 240-398-8371)
  • Maria Paula Rivera Brenes (Director Global Latin America -Secretary USA)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to create a world where every individual has access to necessities such asfood, water, healthcare, and education, regardless of their socio-economic status. Also work in modern slavery and forced labor

What it reported doing in 2023

Our mission is to create a world where every individual has access to necessities such asfood, water, healthcare, and education, regardless of their socio-economic status. CCIS strives topromote social justice and equality by empowering foreign low-income communities to takecontrol of their own lives and build a sustainable future. CCIS works in the areas where people aretrapped by economic, slavery and political crises. ccis support and provide resources to help individualsand families to overcome the challenges they face. CCIS strongly believes that everyone deservesto live in a community where they feel valued, respected, and supported, and where individualscan thrive and contribute to the growth and development of their countries. Together we couldwork towards creating a world where poverty and inequality are eliminated, and every personhas at least the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.

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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 45
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
    • Requires narrative reports: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.