Center for Islamic Teachings and Community Development
Legal name: The Center for Islamic Teachings and Community Development
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454227947
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Harvey, IL, United States
- Phone
- 708-872-7867
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,955,187
- Expenses
- $1,014,590
- Assets
- $7,022,145
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- IQBAL AHMAD VOHRA (PRESIDENT)
- SAMIR VOHRA (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- IQBAL AHMAD VOHRA (PRESIDENT)
- SAMIR VOHRA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DANISH AHMED (TREASURER)
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
Helping present and future Ummah by providing a platform for teaching the fundamentals of Islam and serving the community through social service. Abraar Academy is an Islamic educational institution dedicated to nurturing confident, knowledgeable, and morally grounded students. Rooted in Islamic values and academic excellence, the academy provides a balanced environment where students grow spiritually, intellectually, and socially. We offer comprehensive K–12 education, a full-time Hifz program, weekend Islamic studies classes, and additional learning opportunities designed to meet the diverse needs of our community. Our goal is to cultivate a love for learning while strengthening Islamic identity, character, and responsibility toward the community. Our Mission.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conducting worship services, children and adult religious education, funeral facility and other community services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 90
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.9%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- 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: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.92; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 51.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 52/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.