New Star Kafala

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161612808
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7167756715
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adoption

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,643
Expenses
$363,918
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JILL GREGOR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AFSHAN HASHMI (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JUNAID KHALIL (BOARD MEMBER)
  • OWAIS QAZI (BOARD 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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of new star kafala is for every child to have a loving and secure home. Our goal is to help eliminate the causes of abandonment and relinquishment through advocacy, education, and dissemination of resources. We offer ethical, cost effective, and sharia compliant adoptions.

What it reported doing in 2019

New star kafala provided adoption services to us based families facilitating adoptions from both morocco and pakistan. During 2017, new start kafala successfully facilited 17 adoptions and has 43 clients in process by the year-end 2017 in pakistan. New star kafalas advocacy efforts are focused on outreach to the community to educate and encourage families about the plight of vulnerable children. Through the new star kafala ambassadors program we reach out with education and resources to educate the muslim community on how to take an active role in the fostering and adoption of orphaned and abandoned muslim children. In 2014, there were 3 sessions and 63 participants. In 2015, there were 2 sessions and 45 participants. In 2016, there were 6 sessions and 206 participants. In 2017 there were 6 sessions and 238 participants.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -301.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $304K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.