Ummah Relief International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363954960
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Elgin, IL, United States
- Phone
- 1-800-713-4482; 847-622-0574; 847-741-3816
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $595,129
- Expenses
- $1,012,511
- Assets
- $2,678,460
- Liabilities
- $529,047
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MUHAMMAD KHAN (CEO)
- MUHAMMAD I KHAN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MUHAMMAD KHAN (CEO): $86,400 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide relief to people in need through humanitarian assistance and charitable programs. We are committed to providing food for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, and medicine for the sick. We believe it is our duty as Muslims to carry on this noble mission to help and assist people in need. OUR VISION. Our vision is to inform and educate local communities about all crises and help develop a sense of brotherhood and caring for others. Your help and support are highly appreciated. COUNTRIES OF OPERATION. The most impactful way to support Ummah Relief International is through a financial contribution. Your generosity empowers Ummah Relief International to provide assistance every day of the year, ensuring help reaches those in need, precisely when and where it is needed most. About Causes.
What it reported doing in 2024
General program: this program consists of distribution of contributions towards disaster relief, housing support, orphan assistance, housing assistance, medical treatment, educational support, water well projects, refugee assistance, and women's health and empowerment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 75
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 90.6%; rating input score 91; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -70.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.65; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $865K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.