Muslim Aid USA

What it reported doing in 2025

Education: in ethiopia mausa supported the expansion of primary school capacity in gedebano-gutazer-welene by constructing new classrooms to increase the capacity of the school, and to decrease the congested classes in order to improve the quality of education. Mausa committed clost to 279,000 to education and protection programming in 2025, anchored by continued support for a school serving children with disabilites in ethiopia, along with a new gender-based violence (gbv) awareness and protection initiative in the united states. Health care: in bangladesh mausa supported a mother, child health and nutrition "mchn" the project promotes breastfeeding as the best source of nourishment for infants and young children, and provide refugees necessary consultation, treatment, medicine and addressing urgent health care needs. In gaza we funded a project to improve the capacity of health care by providing al amal hospital with diagnostic and treatment equipment including radiography equipment and devices to reducing the need to refer cases for treatment abroad (referrals). In ethiopia, mausa constructed a maternal and child health care unit which is expected to reduce mortality rate and to help pregnant women to diagnose and treat diseases or complications during pregnancy. Full antenatal care follow-up gift in kind health programs. Mausa committed nearly 243,000 to health and nutrition programming in 2025, supporting a community health clinic in ethiopia, a healthcare clinic in bangladesh, and sadaqah-funded health assistance for families in the united states. Orphan support: on going orphan sponsorship is a vital lifeline for many vulnerable young children. All over the world, there are children who do not have the loving support of a family. Children whose only shelter is a piece of plastic sheeting or a cardboard box, living day to day with the risk of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Mausa's orphan sponsorship program committed more than 712,000 in 2025 across 11 countries and regions, including turkey, bosnia, somalia, india, the gambia, the jammu & kashmir region, sri lanka, sierra leone, bangladesh, ethiopia, and palestine. Monthly stipends continued to support sponsored children's education, nutrition, and daily living needs. Wash: mausa has various projects to provide access to safe water for drinking and other purposes; deep water wells with solar and/or hand pumps, the project also secures laboratory testing of water from the drilled well, to ensure that the water is safe for drinking. Mausa invested more than 536,000 in wash infrastructure in 2025. This included continued development of the pakistan wash project, construction of a mega water well in ethiopia to expand access to clean water, continued development of the yemen water project, two wash initiatives in sri lanka, and wash support for rohingya refugee communities, including a new mega-well project in bangladesh.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
• Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: $26.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -5.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings