Islamic Center of Ocean County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223339341
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Toms River, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7323631940
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $268,047
- Expenses
- $259,059
- Assets
- $268,047
- Liabilities
- $259,059
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Highest reported compensation
- YAQOOB MIRZA (MANAGER): $35,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide a welcoming space for worship, learning, and community for Muslims in Ocean County. We strive to promote Islamic values, unity, and service to all
What it reported doing in 2025
Religious services, educational programs, community outreach, charitable activities, youth engagemnt and ramadan programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 23% for direct work, 25% for grants, and 53% for affiliated organizations.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 38.3%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 39.6%; rating input score 40
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 38.3% of revenue deployed · 39.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $35K · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.