American Islamic Forum for Democracy

What it reported doing in 2024

Our public engagement program continued to grow steadily with a significant boost from our leadership in the clarity coalition to "save the west". This included hundreds local and national media appearances, publications, events, and public forums as well as a heavy programming emphasis on social media engagement, and other platforms. In 2024, aifd also continued to participate in many events virtual and across the united states and internationally including forums debating islam's compatibility with democracy at oxford, and other forums on the spread of islamist groups like the muslim brotherhood (mb) and the need to designate the mb a terror organization. Aifd also participated in forms and discussions on religious freedom, islamism, middle east policy, counter- radicalization, human rights, minority rights, muslim radicalization, the "red-green axis", u.s. Government security and foreign policy engagement, law enforcement, military officer education, and veterans' affairs to name a few. Aifd organized programs via webinars with large attendance in real-time and in subsequent viewership covering areas of antisemitism, the red- green axis, integration, the threat of islamism, human rights, women's rights, minority rights, and free speech to name a few. Our public debates against islamists also exemplify our mission of reform and the reality of ideological diversity within american muslim communities. The need for aifd's work continues to grow exponentially with global challenges related to islamist radicalization and the spread of jihadist ideologies growing exponentially especially with the synergy and cooperation of the extreme left (marxists, communists, socialists) with the islamists-the marxist-jihadist networks. Additionally, the instability in regions most notably in gaza, lebanon, iran, iraq, syria, afghanistan, pakistan and other muslim majority nations, in addition to mass anti-immigration demonstrations in europe has continued to solidify aifd's public role and reputation as a subject matter expert on the root causes and impact of islamism. Aifd continues to be sought after by public policy experts, governments, human rights organizations, and universities, as well as domestic and foreign community networks for its expertise and testimony in national security, religious freedom, political islam, islamist terrorism and associated domestic and foreign policy. Aifd has also nurtured and built strong partnerships with non-muslim, interfaith organizations in the national security, counter-jihad, and religious freedom space most notably helping co-found, co-lead and foster the growth of the diverse and broadly based clarity coalition (champions for liberty against the reality of islamist tyranny). Aifd's office has also continued to respond to hundreds of phone calls, emails, and postings from people across the country with networking across the world on behalf of aifd and the coalition of the muslim reform movement and clarity coalition.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
• 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: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -78%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings