Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER OF AMERICA.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,099,672
- Total expenses
- $159,337
- Contributions and grants received
- $875,718
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $223,954
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,069,980
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,069,980
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $64,807
- Management and general expenses
- $94,530
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $64,807
Program services were 40.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$875,718
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2a · Program service revenue: WEEKEND SCHOOL
total $96,268 · related or exempt $96,268
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2b · Program service revenue: EVENTS & PROGRAMS
total $127,686 · related or exempt $127,686
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11b · Fees: legal
total $500 · management and general $500
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11g · Fees: other
total $750 · management and general $750
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $806 · program services $806
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13 · Office expenses
total $5,061 · management and general $5,061
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14 · Information technology
total $3,586 · management and general $3,586
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16 · Occupancy
total $54,000 · management and general $54,000
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23 · Insurance
total $2,399 · management and general $2,399
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24a · Other expenses: UTILITIES
total $3,184 · management and general $3,184
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24b · Other expenses: REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
total $9,284 · management and general $9,284
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24c · Other expenses: SPEAKERRECITERTEACHER FEES
total $64,001 · program services $64,001
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24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES
total $7,603 · management and general $7,603
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,163 · management and general $8,163
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $129,645 · end of year $82,790
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$987,190
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $987,190
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $129,645 · end of year $1,069,980
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, the Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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(a) As Shia Muslims, and followers of Twelver Shia Islam, the founders and members of MECCA come together as a community based on our religious beliefs. MECCA looks to engrain within the community the morals and teachings of the Holy Quran and the Ahlul Bayt (PBUT).(b) MECCA shall provide religious and social services to all Muslims, and provide channels of understanding and communication between Muslims and the Greater Canton community in general. (c) MECCA shall organize activities and provide opportunities for the spiritual growth of its members in accordance with the teachings of the Quran and traditions of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Ahyul Bayt (PBUT). Activities will focus primarily around English language programming. (d) MECCA will provide to the community educational and outreach programs and services. (e) MECCA shall provide appropriate venues and resources to bring together community members and scholars with an expressed interest in Islam
Expenses $64,807
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Aziza Fatima AskariAZIZA FATIMA ASKARI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Ahlam SaadAHLAM SAAD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Youssef A ChehadiYOUSSEF A CHEHADI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Wissam HammoudWISSAM HAMMOUD
CHAIR OF BORD OF DIRECTORS
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Syed Naweed RazaSYED NAWEED RAZA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Ahmad VatandoustAHMAD VATANDOUST
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Mohamed FawazMOHAMED FAWAZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Mohammad Saleh GhazviniMOHAMMAD SALEH GHAZVINI
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Hassan BeydounHASSAN BEYDOUN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513389349300936
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