Darul Arqam Center of Excellence
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455633276
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Blaine, MN, US
- Phone
- 6303469487
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $318,000
- Expenses
- $229,347
- Assets
- $419,885
- Liabilities
- $2,389
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- RAHMAN MOHAMMED IKRAMUR (CHAIRMAN)
- SYED SAMAD RAFE (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- GULAM MOHAMMED (TREASURER)
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
At Darul Arqam, we strive to cultivate a nurturing and enriched learning environment that inspires excellence in every student. Our mission is to promote academic achievement, instill strong leadership qualities, and uphold Islamic values at the heart of every educational experience. Through a balanced approach that integrates rigorous academics with spiritual and moral development, we aim to empower students to become compassionate, knowledgeable, and ethical individuals who lead with integrity and serve their communities with purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
We sucessfully enrolled students in the educational program to fulfill the objectives of the organization as defined in our articles.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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
MIXED - Program spending has grown recently and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 12
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 58% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported · 5 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $184K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.