Central Jersey Institute of Islamic Sciences
Legal name: Central Jersey Institute of Islamic Sciences Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834408674
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Kendall Park, NJ, United States
- Phone
- 8482770241
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $324,064
- Expenses
- $308,753
- Assets
- $98,116
- Liabilities
- $20,746
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BILAL MOHAMMAD (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BILAL MOHAMMAD (PRESIDENT): $42,485 total reported compensation
- NUMAAN CHEEMA (SECRETARY): $6,655 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to impart that knowledge as handed down to us from the previous generations of `Ulama’ (scholars)... In doing so, we aim to gain proximity to Allah subḥānahu wa ta'ālā (glorified and exalted be He).
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provides religious education including islamic teachings and lessons about the quran. This is accomplished through full-time program for memorization of the islamic holy book, the holy quran, and part-time adult programs for men and women on subjects such as arabic, theology, jurisprudence, history, and personal development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 93.3% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $302K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.