North American Humanitarian Aid and Relief Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271129260
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
3127185822
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,163,574
Expenses
$2,108,012
Assets
$167,861
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ATAUL H OSMANI (PRESIDENT)
  • SHARIFUL ISLAM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SYEDUR R CHOWDHURY (DIRECTOR)
  • WALIUR RAHMAN (SECRETARY)
  • ABU AHMED NURUZZAMAN (DIRECTOR)

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

North american humanitarian aid & relief (nahar) is a not-for-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, developmental assistance, and program services to vulnerable population of bangladesh and around the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Serve the needs of the most vulnerable rohinga population living in bangladesh -provide holistic, sustainable and pro-poor programs that bridge emergency relief and long-term development at the grassroots level -promote self reliance and continuous development -empower communities by building capacity and by maximizing local resources in both program design and implementation -long term educational and health care programs to reduce and eliminate AIDS, drug and alcoholic dependencies and promote family unity/values serve the needs of the most vulnarable - particularly women and children, victims of natural disasters & the poor in bangladesh -provide holistic, sustainable and pro-poor programs that bridge emergency relief and long-term development at the grassroots level -promote self reliance and continuous development -empower communities by building capacity and by maximizing local resources in both program design and implementation -long term educational and health care programs to reduce and eliminate AIDS, drug and alcoholic dependencies and promote family unity/values water well program - install water well in places where no clean water is available palestine trauma center - support the poor and refuge populaiton with trauma emergency relief in yemen - program provided food to people impacted by the natural disaster in yemen health care specially cataract operations for the poor people qurbani and winter cloths

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $146.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th 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: 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.