Sahaba Foundation Waqf Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842135329
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Bernardino, CA, United States
- Phone
- (909) 381-3002
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,000
- Expenses
- $70,473
- Assets
- $720,136
- Liabilities
- $184,655
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MALEK BENDELHOUM (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
People named in this filing
- MALEK BENDELHOUM (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- HATEEM SIDDIQUI (SECRETARY)
- ARBAZ NIZAMI (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
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
At Sahaba Initiative, we ignite change through service. With your help, we can change lives, build strong families and inspire hope for a thriving community. At Sahaba Initiative, we are acutely aware of the global refugee crisis and understand the unique struggles that refugees face. That’s why a critical part of our mission is to aid and support refugee families, who are newly arriving in the Inland Empire, as they transition into their new community. The values that guide our organization encompass compassion, understanding, and respect for all cultures and languages. Therefore, our refugee services are designed with cultural and linguistic sensitivity at the forefront.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided building for sahaba intitiative
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.22; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 35.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -21.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.