CAIR - Council on American-Islamic Relations
Legal name: Council On American-Islamic Relations
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680547353
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 202-488-8787
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,416,078
- Expenses
- $1,517,740
- Assets
- $418,547
- Liabilities
- $87,370
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Osama Hamdan (President)
- Imraan Siddiqi (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Sumayyah Waheed (Director)
- Yusra Hamidani (Director)
- Nimco Bulale (Director)
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 protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
What it reported doing in 2024
Communications and media work to ensure an accurate representation of Muslims in mainstream media that is both accurate and culturally sensitive. In 2024 we had 98 media mentions, up in both number and scope from previous years. We also have an internship program through which we mentored 10 predominately Muslim young people interested in pursuing careers in civil rights and advocacy. In 2024 we also held an advocacy day that involved over 60 community members from 21 legislative districts meeting with their representatives. The event included morning sessions at which we educated our community on civic engagement, policy, and advocacy.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: -7.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 11 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.