Muslim American Society DC
Legal name: Muslim American Society - Dc Metropolitan Area
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 453937445
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, United States
- Phone
- (703) 278-3717
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,420,291
- Expenses
- $1,347,795
- Assets
- $1,153,606
- Liabilities
- $152,624
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERIF ELHADY (PRESIDENT)
- HUSSEIN HUSSEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ASIA COOLEY (PROGRAM COORDINATOR): $57,281 total reported compensation
- MOHAMED HAGIHASSAN (IMMAM): $52,000 total reported compensation
- YARA ADRIS (ADMIN ASSISTANT): $48,984 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Established in 1993 as a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization, the Muslim American Society (MAS) is a charitable, religious, social, cultural, and educational organization that offers programs to better individuals and society by imparting Islamic knowledge, promoting community service, and engaging in civic/political activism.
What it reported doing in 2024
Blossoms preschool joyously commemorated a significant milestone by celebrating the graduation of its inaugural cohort of students who successfully completed the two-year program this remarkable achievement was marked by the students accomplishment in memorizing juz amma, a significant portion of the quran, and mastering the intricacies of arabic reading the graduation ceremony not only acknowledged the academic achievements of these young learners but also highlighted the dedication of blossoms preschool in providing a nurturing environment conducive to holistic development.
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 93% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $54.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 56.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 63.2% of revenue deployed · 66.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $898K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $57K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.