Cisna
Legal name: Council of Islamic Schools in North America Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824114560
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Plainfield, IN, USA
- Phone
- 7327635491
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $171,438
- Expenses
- $144,596
- Assets
- $105,784
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILLIAM WHITE (PRESIDENT)
- ZIAD ABDULLA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SUFIA AZMAT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- REEM ABDELRAZEK (BOARD MEMBER)
- FAREA KHAN (BOARD MEMBER)
- LEILA KAYED (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CISNA thanks the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) for their support in developing the CISNA website. We are grateful for their ongoing generosity in helping to enhance high standards at Islamic schools. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2024 WEBSITE DESIGN BY: DIGITAL LEARNING PARTNERS LLC Insert/edit link. In 2008, CISNA began a collaborative effort with AdvancED, a global accrediting body, to identify unique religious and academic program requirements for Islamic Schools to provide the Islamic Organizational Context for Standards Assessment and Quality Assurance Review Visits. 2011 In 2011 CISNA established a partnership with AdvancED in order to accredit Islamic Schools with an added Islamic component. The accreditation requirements include an Islamic Identity Survey which serves as an informative diagnostic tool to gauge stakeholder perceptions around Islamic education...
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing accreditation services, professional development, and resources to islamic schools in north america for institutional effectiveness and student success
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 49
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.5%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 55.1%; rating input score 55
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.7%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 46.5% of revenue deployed · 55.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.