Muslims Giving Back

Legal name: Muslims Giving Back Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822712941
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2022
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Staten Island, NY, United States
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$984,975
Expenses
$608,101
Assets
$752,898
Liabilities
$242,076

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MOHAMED BAHI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MOHSIN AHMAD (TREASURER)
  • SONIYA ALI (PROGRAM DIRECTOR)
  • MOHAMED BAHI (PRESIDENT)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Faith In Action Our mission is to serve those victimized by poverty and injustice. To reach communities who have been overlooked and marginalized. To contribute to building a healthy community one act of service at a time. Our mission is to serve those victimized by poverty and injustice. Contact Us. MGB has been a beacon for like-minded, passionate Muslims to cultivate their ideas for change and build programs. MGB co-founded the Asiyah Women’s Shelter, serving Muslim domestic violence victims (survivors) with emergency relief and housing. MGB helped establish Mercy Bakery and then founded Freedom Bakeries — a hunger relief program providing vital nutrition and support for vulnerable families who have been victims of the crises in Gaza, Yemen...

What it reported doing in 2022

Helping the underserved immigrant/homeless community. Providing free meals and weekly food pantry.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.7%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 18th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 45.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 68.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 61.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $608K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.