Council on American Islamic Relations Austin Texas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820688469
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
2145970690
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$195,058
Expenses
$209,810
Assets
$24,857
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • FAYYAZ SHAH (BOARD CHAIR)
  • KRISTA COLE (TREASURER)
  • DANIA SAAD (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission: to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of islam, promote justice, and empower american muslims

What it reported doing in 2025

Empowering american muslims through government engagement and media: - cair-austin conducted government engagement and official visits to amplify the local muslim community voice and advocate for the causes that matter to them. - cair-austin facilitated capitol visits on Texas muslim capitol day for members of the muslim community to meet their representatives and voice their concerns.- cair-austin authored press releases and media statements, lead press conferences that resulted in dozens of media interviews and coverages related to muslim civil rights and hate crimes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.