Zakat Foundation of America

Legal name: The Zakat Foundation of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364476244
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Bridgeview, IL, USA
Phone
7082330555
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,923,926
Expenses
$36,818,000
Assets
$37,099,545
Liabilities
$1,553,127

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR HASAN ARSLAN (PRESIDENT)
  • DR MEHMET TARHAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HALIL DEMIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • HALIL DEMIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $302,157 total reported compensation
  • RAZA FARRUKH (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $201,097 total reported compensation
  • MAJEDA NABHAN (DIRECTOR, HR, INTERNATIONAL HR): $182,590 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We enable individuals to make a direct impact through charitable giving, whether fulfilling a Zakat obligation or simply supporting those in urgent need. This is implemented through immediate relief and establishing long term self sustainability. Our Means. We work with trusted partners in each country to reach the most vulnerable, ensuring your support helps children not just survive, but **_thrive_**. Supporting our **_General Orphan Care_** extends your gift to siblings and family members and provides comprehensive assistance to orphans in greatest need. This fund also supports groups of transient, displaced or fully orphaned children. When you **Sponsor a Child**, you can choose by country, age, and gender or select "**_where most needed_** " to help those waiting longest.

What it reported doing in 2024

Healthcare and education programs: comprehensive healthcare programs were delivered to the poor, needy, displaced, and economically disadvantaged people across all inhabited continents. Services included preventive treatments, health education, rehabilitative interventions, nutritional counseling, chronic illness treatments, and developmental treatments for children with special needs.the zakat foundation places a special emphasis on mental health services and has established the khalil center to address mental health issues among the poor in the us and abroad. Additionally, medical supplies and general sanitization items were distributed under the personal protective equipment (ppe) program.our educational programs include establishing schools and institutions, vocational training centers (vtc), and higher education initiatives. We also award scholarships in collaboration with accredited universities in the us. These development programs aim to create a brighter future for the community, specifically targeting women, children, and single parents by providing education and training to enable economic independence and sustainability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $27.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $34.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $302K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $698K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 95 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 85 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.