Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800010627
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Bronx, NY, United States
- Phone
- 718.906.2262
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Ethnic, Immigrant Centers
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $441,146
- Expenses
- $381,161
- Assets
- $95,523
- Liabilities
- $83,302
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NURAH AMATULLAH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- ELENOR A HOLLAND (MEMBER)
- FATIME BA (MEMBER)
- AISHA AGBAJE (MEMBER)
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
The Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development (MWIRD) is a faith-based, community service organization focused on emergency hunger relief, health education, and transitional needs of new immigrants. Founded in 1997, the organization initially began by opening and operating a food pantry at the Mount Hope Mosque in The Bronx, distributing halal food to a needy population of immigrants, primarily (but not limited to) West African Muslims. Interaction with the pantry's clientele, who are primarily women, led to an awareness on the part of the pantry's founder, that their transitional and basic needs were not adequately being met. This understanding was the catalyst for developing MWIRD, an organization to establish programs that provide community service that empowers members of The Bronx communities we serve. Call us: 1-718-960-2262.
What it reported doing in 2024
Continuing to respond to the unprecedented ongoing economic challenges faced by those served by the Muslim Womens Institute for Research and Development MWIRD operations at the Community Food Pantry at Highbridge CFPH is proud to have continued in 2023 during the lingering period of economic downturn to ensure that New Yorkers, with reduced income and resources, in need of food continue to have a steady supply. Our long-time partners, Food Bank for New York City, City Harvest and Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Islamic Relief, USA along with The NYC Mayors Office of Immigrant Affairs, Office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, New York State Assembly member Landon C. Dais, and NYC City Council Member Althea Stevens, were all instrumental in providing additional resources for food.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $36.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
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: 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 76% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $335K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.