United Ulama Council of USA Inc.
Legal name: United Ulama Council of USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824260094
- IRS 990-PF coverage
- 2017–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-PF 2023
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 212-203-8695
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Overview
Mission
The United Ulama Council of USA Inc. unites Islamic scholars across the United States to collaborate on religious, educational, and community-oriented initiatives. It fosters unity among Ulama, promotes Islamic education, engages with media to represent Islamic perspectives, and provides religious guidance including fatwas.
United Ulama Council of USA Inc. (UUCUSA) unites Islamic scholars across the United States to collaborate on religious, educational, and community initiatives. Founded by Mufty Hafiz Luthfur Rahman Qasimy, the organization provides religious guidance, including fatwas, and media engagement to represent Islamic perspectives. It also conducts humanitarian efforts such as supporting Rohingya refugees, arranging marriages for needy families, aiding disaster victims, and offering financial assistance for debt relief and small businesses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this foundation funds its work.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
- Cost Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency: NotEnoughData
- Compliance: 74
- Endowment Health: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Grant Deployment
- Grant deployment ratio: Limited
Cost Efficiency
- Grant expense ratio: Limited
Transparency
- Grant recipient disclosure: Limited
Compliance
- Foundation activity disclosures: 13 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 68
- Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
- Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
- Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
- Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
- Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
- Payment to a government official: Pass
- Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
- Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
- Excess business holdings: Pass
- Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Missing
- Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Missing
- Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
- Attempt to influence an election: Pass
- Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
- Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
- Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
- Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Missing
- Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Missing
- Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Missing
- Filing consistency checks: 4; rating input score 80
Endowment Health
- Endowment-health comparison: Limited
Details
- What they fund: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Payout: Filed payout detail
- Trustees: Filed trustees detail
- Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
- Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: The filing reports $0 in revenue and $0 in expenses.