Global Deaf Muslim USA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823179004
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, United States
- Phone
- +1 571 421 2998
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $59,115
- Expenses
- $29,954
- Assets
- $33,292
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Andaleeb Elayan (President)
People named in this filing
- Andaleeb Elayan (President)
- Aelaa Elsabbahy (Secretary)
- Charles Sterling (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
GDMUSA (Global Deaf Muslim USA) is a U.S. nonprofit founded to address the rights and needs of Deaf Muslims worldwide by making Islamic information and support more accessible in sign language and through community assistance (including zakat, sadaqah, and fitra). GDM is a non profit organization registered in United States of America. The organization was established in 2005 by Deaf Muslim graduates to address the rights and needs of Deaf Muslims across the global ummah. For Deaf Muslims, accessing Islamic information has always been a challenge. Information about Islam is seldom available in sign language making it difficult to educate Deaf Muslims about Islam and for individuals to conduct their own research. The lack of accessible materials and the systematic exclusion of Deaf Muslims from Masjids and Islamic organizations was identified by GDM as a growing problem that they...
What it reported doing in 2023
Provide events for the Deaf Muslims for fellowshipand Islamic education
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 49.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.