Malaysian Rubber Council USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392753960
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2029218392
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$224,873
Expenses
$193,297
Assets
$31,576
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DATO' RAZALI MOHAMAD (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRANZ DOMINIC (CHIEF REPRES): $64,911 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 promote and facilitate the trade of malaysian rubber and rubber-based products within the united states; to provide technical and regulatory advocacy for the rubber manufacturing and healthcare sectors; and to ensure the stability and traceability of a usd 1.52.0 billion annual (mys-us) global supply chain essential to u.s. Automotive and medical infrastructure.

What it reported doing in 2025

Trade advocacy, regulatory compliance, and market intelligence function: in its initial year of operation (stage of development), mrc USA successfully managed the critical function of safeguarding malaysias multi-billion dollar export link to the u.s.. Key achievements since our june 18, 2025 incorporation include: market intelligence & lead generation: orchestrated a high-impact presence at major u.s. Trade summits, including cosmoprof (las vegas) and the greater ny dental meeting (gnydm). These efforts facilitated 251 high-quality business connections specifically post-incorporation, providing essential market entry data for american and global industry members. Regulatory advocacy & tariff strategy: managed high-stakes technical advocacy regarding the section 232 investigation and ongoing tariff developments. This included coordinating strategic engagements with u.s stakeholders, drafting executive comments for u.s. Agencies, and providing research-backed responses to industry members regarding u.s. Department of commerce and ustr compliance. Strategic market outreach & engagement: executed intensive market visits across san antonio, mexico city, monterrey, and las vegas, organizing 17 senior-level business meetings. Additionally, managed a specialized 10-day working visit in houston and phoenix, coordinating 15 targeted executive engagements for the latex foam sector. Public safety & regulatory stabilization: following the neutralization of Nevada sb 184, the organization managed the critical post-intervention compliance phase from june 18 through year-end. This function ensured the uninterrupted availability of safer, low-protein latex gloves with superior infection control for american healthcare providers, stabilizing a market share valued at approximately usd 400 million.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • 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; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $65K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.