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AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER

AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($17). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$45k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$17
Net assets
$141k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Al-Mehdi Islamic Center does

Mission

To organize, promote and provide religious and educational activities, social ceremonies pursuant to shia faith of islam, to promote shia islamic fundamentals and codes, and to enhance mutual understanding, cooperation and unity among the shia muslims

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. To organize, promote and provide religious and educational activities, social ceremonies pursuant to shia faith of islam, to promote shia islamic fundamentals and codes, and to enhance mutual understanding, cooperation and unity among the shia muslims

    $41,168 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $41,168.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($166k) Expenses 100 ($39k) Net assets 100 ($144k)2022 Revenue 19 ($32k) Expenses 86 ($34k) Net assets 99 ($142k)2023 Revenue 20 ($33k) Expenses 96 ($38k) Net assets 95 ($137k)2024 Revenue 27 ($45k) Expenses 104 ($41k) Net assets 98 ($141k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (27)Expenses (104)Net assets (98)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $305k to $286k (−6%).

$314k
$305k
$286k
$281k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

71% of AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,623 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$127k
’21
−$2k
’22
−$5k
’23
$4k
’24
11
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

2021202220232024
Listed3344
Joined·+0+2+0
No longer listed·010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $12 → $5.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1

1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,142 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve11.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−35% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,142 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER?
AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($17). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $17 in grants to AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER?
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AL-MEHDI ISLAMIC CENTER find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing