Good Tree Institute
Legal name: Good Tree Arizona
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 371623309
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 8327214402
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $271,141
- Expenses
- $227,316
- Assets
- $281,941
- Liabilities
- $25,208
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Nadia Katrangi (Trustee)
- Ayesha Husain (Trustee)
- Shatha Barbour (Trustee)
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
Good Tree’s Mission A woman in a beige headscarf and black blazer is speaking into a microphone during a presentation, with a projected slide showing Arabic script and English translations behind her. Seated audience members are visible, including a man with glasses and a long ponytail, and another man standing nearby. Good Tree Institute is a Quranic education institute in Arizona dedicated to fostering spiritual growth, community connection, and personal discovery through the Quran. We offer accessible virtual and in-person Quran courses for all ages, along with spiritual retreats, teen camps, new Muslim support, and free Quran programs and workshops open to everyone.
What it reported doing in 2024
Seeds of Wisdom Retreat- Two day adult workshop on linguistic beauty of the Arabic language with team building exercises for spiritual rejuvenation. An average of the 35 adults participate in the programYouth Weekend Camp- Bi-annual three day outdoor camping trip that provides a space to create a community with other young Muslims, spark interest in learning more about Allah in a safe space and to discuss challenges of life. Youth Programs- Weekly programs offered for youth ages 3-16 with emphasis on understanding the Arabic language through the study of the Quran. An average of 40 students participate in the program. This program provide students to participate in service projects for the community.Re-Kindle Program- Monthly programs offered to educate and train teachers and staff in the Good Tree teaching methodology. An average of 25 teachers participate in the program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 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: 16.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 38.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $202K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.
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 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.