ZAMs Hope Community Resource Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364402668
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7737199267
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,313,859
Expenses
$917,457
Assets
$715,570
Liabilities
$106,613

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARDAR KHANAM (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • ZEHRA QUADRI (CEO)
  • DON BEACHEM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOUTH SIDE)
  • PATRICK R EDWARDS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NORTH SIDE)

Highest reported compensation

  • DON BEACHEM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOUTH SIDE): $111,391 total reported compensation
  • PATRICK R EDWARDS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NORTH SIDE): $72,600 total reported compensation
  • ZEHRA QUADRI (CEO): $5,250 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide human services to individuals and families in need to ensure their self-reliance and empowerment. We believe self-reliant and empowered individuals will succeed in building stronger healthier future communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Housing Resource Center HRC program offer crucial education mediation and support services to the community. Throughout the year numerous individuals engaged in our housing-related educational workshops leading to successful resolution of tenant-landlord issues through our interventions. Additionally rental assistance was extended to individuals experiencing housing instability. Our workshops are conducted year-round tailored to address the evolving needs of the community. Topics covered include tenant-landlord rights and responsibilities conflict resolution in housing disputes cyberbullying prevention access to community resources personal security and safety financial responsibility and rental assistance programs. These services equip residents with the knowledge and assistance necessary to sustain stable housing enhance safety and fortify community well-being.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: 30.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $793K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 47 of 49 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.