Uplift Dawah

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475372131
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Islam
Affiliation
Islam

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,811
Expenses
$161,319
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Muzamil Ahmad (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Yusuf Warsame (Board Member)
  • Alex Arvanetes (Board Member)
  • Usman Khan (Board Member)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Uplift Dawah is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to Islamic outreach Dawah education and community support. It was formed to address the critical need for a supportive and well-informed Muslim community through a compassionate holistic approach to outreach. The main goals the organization exists to achieve are: Calling humanity to Islam: Engaging in Street Dawah by setting up tables to present Islamic teachings to the general public. Clarifying Misconceptions: Promoting peaceful dialogue to dispel common myths and misunderstandings about Islam. Supporting New Muslims: Providing ongoing education and mentorship to recent converts through initiatives like the Pulse Program ensuring they have a solid foundation and a sense of belonging within the faith. Rehabilitating Faith: Creating educational content and reminders designed to help Muslims strengthen their spiritual connection and return to active practice.

What it reported doing in 2025

Uplift Dawah provides comprehensive Islamic outreach and education in Seattle and internationally. In the past year the organization administered 121 Shahadas distributed over 1,000 free Qurans and 30,000 educational brochures and cleared over 6,800 public misconceptions through weekly outreach tables. The organization serves as the primary care provider for New Muslims in the Seattle area offering mentorship youth counseling and a dedicated support app. Additionally the program produced 150+ educational videos reaching 2.5 million people and conducted direct mission work in Colombia and the Philippines.

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 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.7%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 10

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -29.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -40% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.7% of revenue deployed · 9.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.