California · Nonprofit
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,531,417 to it, the largest being California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation ($1,807,801). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 79
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $21M
What Council on American-Islamic Relations California does
Mission
Cair-ca enhances the understanding of islam, protects civil rights, promotes justice and empowers american muslims.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Civil rights and immigrants' rightshandled 1,004 civil rights cases including workplace discrimination, law enforcement abuses, travel restrictions and hate crimes. While focusing primarily on american muslims, cair-ca has established a reputation as an advocate for any group or individual whose civil rights are in jeopardy and for partnering with local minority and legal aid organizations. We work with many partners to provide programs and legal services to the muslim community.handled 3,186 immigrants' rights cases including asylum, legal permanent residency, citizenship or reunification with families as well as victims of human trafficking, serious crimes and domestic violence. Cair-ca helped clients achieve independence, security and the opportunity to fully participate in american society.cair-ca served as fiscal lead of pass-through grant revenue directed towards partner organizations that supported the afghanistan supplement appropriations act to provide funding allocated to support immigration-related legal assistance for afghan newcomers.
$8,931,899 spent60% of program spendingGovernment and youthheld 261 advocacy meetings with elected officials to advocate for civil and human rights on behalf of the american muslim community. Cair-ca developed campaigns to mobilize the muslim community, and facilitated awareness around issues relevant to cair-ca's policy agenda and advocacy through state and local efforts and at our 13th annual muslim day at the capitol.conducted the 18th annual muslim youth leadership program, in which 39 high school students attended the state capitol in sacramento for a 4-day training. The program featured workshops on community organizing and advocacy, public speaking, and an opportunity to conduct a mock legislative session in the state senate.
$4,465,949 spent30% of program spendingOutreach and mediaconducted 247 educational workshops and presentations and held 926 community outreach events. Cair-ca organized educational, sensitivity and diversity workshops and training seminars for employers, educators, and organizations to present accurate information about islam and muslims and offer suggestions for religious accommodation. Cair-ca strives to educate others about islam while building strong relationships with other faith communities and allied organizations.conducted 426 media participations with local and national media to ensure an accurate portrayal of islam and muslims is presented to the american public. Cair-ca monitors local, national and international media in part, to challenge negative stereotypes, but also to applaud and encourage positive representations of islam and muslims.cair-ca served as regional lead and fiscal contractor of pass-through grant revenue directed towards partner organizations that supported the afghan refugee school impact and afghan youth mentoring program.
$1,488,650 spentof which $4,652,050 as grants10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,886,498.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
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 $16M to $23M (+41%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 9% · 2021 10% · 2023 1% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Asaad Traina
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $1.9M.
27 of 79 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 79 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 19% · 2019 24% · 2020 24% · 2021 16% · 2022 18% · 2023 18% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
45% of COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
74% of COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states 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.
Against its field
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 772 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 772 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cair Caifornia Title Holding Corp · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA?
- COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 79 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,531,417 to it, the largest being California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation ($1,807,801). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 79 organizations giving $18,531,417 in grants to COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA?
- California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,807,801 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 79 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing