Islamic Foundation of Lincoln

Legal name: Nebraska Islamic Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470791432
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Lincoln, NE, US
Phone
(402) 475-0475
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$213,566
Expenses
$67,718
Assets
$898,463
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jowed Al Helfy (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jowed Al Helfy (President)
  • Ali Alhaaaidari (Secretary)
  • Adnan Al Jabery (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To serve the Muslims in Lincoln and surrounding areas by helping to strengthen their Islamic faith and moral conduct to better assist their community and society; to foster a Muslim community based on Islamic principles of equality, mutual help, and Islamic teachings of peace, love, and justice; to strengthen sisterly/brotherly relations among Muslims within the community and other Islamic Organizations with similar missions; to establish an interfaith dialogue with other faiths to develop cooperation, tolerance, and mutual understanding to serve our community; to assist Muslims by teaching and guiding them to lead a healthy and productive lifestyle and family.

What it reported doing in 2025

Religious. To provide orientation and social support for new immigrants to provide community education. To provide counseling to immigrnts on a volunter basis. To provide a place of worship

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.7%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 21.2%; rating input score 21
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th 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: Limited
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.27; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 85.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 6.7% of revenue deployed · 21.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 7/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.