The Sunnah Initiative
Legal name: The Sunnah Initiative Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 921626501
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Tampa, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7278714054
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Islam
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $64,204
- Expenses
- $60,707
- Assets
- $15,575
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- TAIMUR ABID (CHAIRMAN)
- ADEM HUSEINOVIC (OFFICER)
- ABDUL AZIZ BAHAZEQ (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Sunnah Initiative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and uniting the Muslim community through authentic Islamic values, community building, outreach, and service. Rooted in the Qur’an and Sunnah, we strive to transform knowledge into action, fostering unity, spiritual growth, and excellence in character and service.
What it reported doing in 2024
Host lectures on islamic communal manners and quranic teachingsprovide opportunities for individual and businesses to sponsoror participate in events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -47.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.