Rihla Community Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994279661
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Poway, CA, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Mental Health Center

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,000
Expenses
$95,057
Assets
$4,943

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Arwa Alkhawaja (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Arwa Alkhawaja (Executive Director)
  • Osama Alkhawaja (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Bibi Noorzia Telayee Qayed (Trauma and Mental Health Specialist)

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

Overview

Mission

Rihla Community Services provided community coaching and educational services mental health support programming and assistance to refugee and immigrant community members during 2025. Its activities included workshops community outreach individualized support and resource referrals designed to improve access to educational emotional and practical support services. Through these programs the organization worked to empower community members strengthen well-being and connect individuals and families with resources responsive to their needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth Cultural Empowerment and Skill Development. Rihla Community Services provided youth cultural empowerment and skill development programming through workshops lessons and community-based educational activities. The program supported personal growth cultural connection and skills building for youth and other participants through structured instruction and supportive engagement. These services benefited approximately [insert number] participants by promoting confidence community involvement and educational development. Grant funds used for this program totaled approximately $21,800 including $16,400 for the Youth Cultural Empowerment Specialist $2,400 for the Skill Development Instructor and $3,000 for skill-building lessons.

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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.7%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 59.6%; rating input score 60

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.7% of revenue deployed · 59.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.