Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment

Legal name: Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood For

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811236990
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6128103072
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,203,411
Expenses
$823,520
Assets
$2,302,916
Liabilities
$7,683

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MALIKA DAHIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MALIKA DAHIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $101,620 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Reviving Sisterhood is on a mission to amplify the voice and power of Muslim women through storytelling, leadership development, and civic/policy advocacy. Paving Pathways is a space dedicated to amplifying the voices of Muslim women who have engaged with our programs and found empowerment, community, and growth along the way. Through their stories, we witness the impact of inclusive, value-driven initiatives that honor identity, foster leadership, and support long-term transformation. These testimonies reflect the heart of our mission as a nonprofit committed to creating meaningful opportunities and paving pathways toward a more just and inspired future. Annie Qaiser: SHERO & PANEL SPEAKER.

What it reported doing in 2024

Leadership development we cretaed an open space and platform through our annual conference. The conference brings over 300 muslim women to learn from local leaders that look like them. We also provide community empowerment trainings including an anti racism series and sexual assault healing circles. We equip women with skills that help build confidence, capacity and power to engage while centering trauma experiences and healing work. About 2,000 were served through this program

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.3%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.8; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 50.3% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $507K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.