Islamic Schools League of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541926543
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Round Rock, TX, USA
- Phone
- 6303292107
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $199,278
- Expenses
- $207,080
- Assets
- $81,291
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dr Patricia Salahuddin (Vice President)
- Dr Shaza Khan (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Dr Nadeem Memon (Chairman)
- Dr Patricia Salahuddin (Vice President)
- Todd McKinney (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
ISLA is a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening full-time Islamic schools and the communities they serve. We address systemic challenges in Islamic education through research, resources, and relationships that support schools at every level.
What it reported doing in 2024
Throughout the 2024 fiscal year, ISLA continued to engage in foundational research on Islamic schools and to provide relevant and timely professional development to Islamic school educators across North America and globally. Specifically, ISLA hosted 25+ workshops, webinars, and professional development to 4,000 registrants on timely topics, including differentiated instruction, classroom management, assessing for understanding, and educational technology. ISLA hosted a virtual research symposium with 15+ presentations and 100 attendees, and also an in-person Leadership Retreat in Dallas, TX for 75+ educators that provided training on cultivating a healthy school culture. A monthly e-newsletter included important curated resources for educators that was sent to over 4,000 contacts. In addition, ISLA's staff and team published in peer-reviewed journal articles and reports online that provide insight into the current state of Islamic schooling in the U.S. Furthermore, ISLA continued to partner with other educational organizations to enhance educational outcomes for K to 12 Islamic school students across the country.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.7%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 44.9%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 21%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 46.7% of revenue deployed · 44.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $93K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.