CAIR Arizona
Legal name: Council on American Islamic Relations of Arizona
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861045521
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Mesa, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 480-704-3786
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $530,203
- Expenses
- $418,984
- Assets
- $312,420
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Dr Yasir Shareef (Chairman)
- David Chami (Treasurer)
- Raees Mohamed (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. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. 10. CAIR supports equal and complementary rights and responsibilities for men and women. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a grassroots civil rights and advocacy group. CAIR is America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with regional offices nationwide. CAIR’s national headquarters are on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Since its establishment in 1994, CAIR has worked to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America. Through media relations, government relations, education and advocacy, CAIR puts forth an Islamic perspective to ensure the Muslim voice is represented. In offering this perspective, CAIR seeks to empower the American Muslim community and.
What it reported doing in 2023
Cair-az was able to achieve many things during this fiscal year: - hold community events that reached thousands of our community members, which helped enhance their understanding of a variety of subjects. A few of these trainings included: know your rights, as well as bystander intervention trainings. Additionally, we were able to hold effective talks at Arizona state university and city of scottsdale training both students and employees about contemporary issues facing the muslim community. Cair-az also reached millions of people through our hate hurts initiative, which helps educate the public about an increase in hate crimes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.2%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
- 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 67.2% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $356K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2016 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.