Islamic Shura Council of Southern California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954696469
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Orange, CA, USA
- Phone
- 855.748.7272
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,079,304
- Expenses
- $380,973
- Assets
- $1,799,036
- Liabilities
- $494,721
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- DEANA HELMY PHD (Chairman)
- BUSHRA BANGEE (Director)
- WALI FARDAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mission: The Islamic Shura Council of Southern California represents the consensus of Southern California Muslims, promotes communication and service among member organizations and society-at-large, advocates on behalf of its members, and advances leadership development. Dr. Ahmed Azam is a professor, community leader, and humanitarian advocate based in Southern California. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Islamic Relief USA, one of the largest Muslim humanitarian organizations in the United States, supporting disaster relief and development programs worldwide. Azam is also a professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and has decades of experience in higher education, specializing in information systems and technology. A founding member of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California and a founder and former president of the Islamic Center...
What it reported doing in 2024
Prison outreach program liaises with county, state and federal prisonsystems to secure the rights and fulfill the needs of the musliminmates. It also represents the shura council in all prison andcriminal justice related initiatives, campaigns and conferences. Prisonoutreach program comes to play a role by educating inmates with thetrue message of islam by providing the certified materiwal andqualified teachers
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11.3%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 32%; rating input score 32
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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; 5th 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: 64.7%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.72; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 11.3% of revenue deployed · 32% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $122K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.