City of Knowledge
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831045318
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2019
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Carrollton, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2147080782
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $283,013
- Expenses
- $273,545
- Assets
- $45,308
- Liabilities
- $2,250
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAZHAR ALI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MAHDI RASTANI (IMAM): $15,540 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
City of knowledge strives to be dallas fort worth's premier member driven ithna ashari muslim organization with an emphasis on youth and to serve all aspects of family life while we strive to uplift the ithna ashari muslim community based on the teachings of quran, prophet muhammad (pbuh), and the ahlul-bayt (as).
What it reported doing in 2019
Islamic school : weekly islamic school session for students ranging from elementary to high school. Thursday/friday/weekend programs : thursday and friday night prayer sessions. Weekend programs include speeches from imam and visiting scholars relating to issues impacting the community.webinars : monthly programs ranging from topics regarding family, education and careers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - 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 assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 139.5% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.9% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $252K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.