MVPA Musalla
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820696660
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2018
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, United States
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $98,440
- Expenses
- $54,452
- Assets
- $73,023
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AZEEZ M CHOLLAMPAT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- MANZOOR GHORI (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- AZEEZ M CHOLLAMPAT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- WAJIHA IJAZ (SECRETARY)
- FARHA A NAVAID (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To revive the traditional 'Mohalla Masjid' in the heart of Palo Alto, so that Muslims of the area can perform their daily Islamic Practices and community building without any difficulty.
What it reported doing in 2018
Religious Education and interfaith meettings
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 13
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.7%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 18
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 9.7% of revenue deployed · 17.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.