Civic Ark

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260903134
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6122429991
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Voter Education, Registration

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,500
Expenses
$60,769
Assets
$4,815
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HASHI SHAFI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SADIQ MOHAMUD (PRESIDENT)
  • HASSAN ALI (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HASHI SHAFI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SADIQ MOHAMUD (PRESIDENT)
  • HASSAN ALI (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate somali individuals and other intrested persons regarding civic engagement, voting rights and responsibilities and participationin democracy

What it reported doing in 2024

The primary activity is civic engagement and leadership development among somali communities

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 62.5%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 62.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.