Islamic Speakers Bureau of Arizona
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860954293
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4809460626
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,950
- Expenses
- $103,051
- Assets
- $23,362
- Liabilities
- $8,903
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AZRA HUSSAIN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- AZRA HUSSAIN (PRESIDENT)
- AYLA KAY LINDER (DIRECTOR)
- HANA KAAKANI (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
To reinforce & promote american ideals of tolerance and religious freedoms that are embodied in the first amendment of the u.s. Consitiution. We aim to dispel harmful stereotypes & help build peaceful communities where people of diverse backgrounds & faiths come together to know & respect each other. We will use the tools of education, civic engagmement & constructive dialogue to bring about positive change.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization provides trained volunteer speakers to educate the public about islam and dispel any stereotypes
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $103K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.