Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$27,331,347

Total expenses

$28,722,154

Contributions and grants received

$27,465,860

Grants paid

$23,946,780

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$31,557

Other revenue

-$166,070

Total assets, end of year

$3,997,359

Total liabilities, end of year

$981,496

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,015,863

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$27,152,029

Management and general expenses

$552,152

Fundraising expenses

$1,017,973

Program service expenses (Part III)

$27,152,029

Program services were 94.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• RELIGIOUS DUES RELIGIOUS DUE IN THE ISLAMIC TRADITION IS CALLED ZAKAT, WHICH MUSLIMS GIVE EVERY YEAR; SADAQAH JARIYAH, A FORM OF CONTINUED GIVING; ZAKAT-UL-FITR, ANNUAL GIVING; FIDYA/KAFFARA, GIVEN WHEN FASTING IS MISSED; AND AQIQAH, QURBANI IS NOT JUST A RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION FOR ADULT MUSLIM IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING JOY TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND NOURISHMENT TO FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD LAMB, GOAT, BEEF, OR NEW CLOTHES. MAUSA HAS DISTRIBUTED FOOD AND NON-FOOD ITEMS TO THE NEEDIEST INDIVIDUALS IN AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, SENEGAL, ETHIOPIA, UGANDA, TURKEY, PALESTINE, AND BOSNIA. MAUSA FACILITATED THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RELIGIOUS DUES TOTALING MORE THAN 84,000 IN 2025, INCLDUING ZAKAT AL-FITR IN ETHIOPIA AND THE UNITED STATES, ZAKAT SUPPORT IN LEBANON, AND EID GIFTS FOR VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

  Expenses $1,817,153 · Grants $1,236,541

• EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY RELIEF REMAINED MAUSA'S SINGLE LARGEST AREA OF INVESTMENT IN 2025, TOTALING MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION. THE MAJORITY OF THIS SUPPORT ADDRESSED THE ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA, INCLUDING FUNDING FOR TWO REPLACEMENT ELEVATORS AT MAKASSED HOSPITAL TO RESTORE CRITICAL PATIENT TRANSPORT CAPACITY, PROCUREMENT OF INFANT FORMULA FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES, AND CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE BROADER GAZA EMERGENCY RESPONSE. MAUSA ALSO DELIVERED EMERGENCY AND WINTER EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN PAKISTAN, WINTER EMERGENCY RELIEF IN BANGLADESH, EMERGENCY SUPPORT IN LEBANON, AND IN-KIND AND WINTER AID DISTRIBUTIONS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

  Expenses $3,264,638 · Grants $1,949,692

• FOOD SECURITY & FOOD AID THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BETWEEN YEMEN, AFGHANISTAN, SOMALIA, SENEGAL & ETHIOPIA ARE SUFFERING EXTREME HUNGER. MAUSA IS WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO DELIVER EMERGENCY FOOD PACKAGES TO THOSE IN NEED. THROUGH FOOD AID, RAMADAN FOOD PACKAGES AND QURBANI. FOOD SECURITY MUSLIM AID USA PROVIDED FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS "IDP'S" REFUGEES, AND OTHER POVERTY-STRICKEN FAMILIES WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED SEASONAL PROJECTS INCLUDING FEED THE FASTING, QURBANI, WINTERIZATION KITS. MAUSA COMMITTED MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION TO SEASONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMING IN 2025, REACHING COMMUNITIES IN 18 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS, INCLUDING PALESTINE, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, YEMEN, THE UNITED STATES, INDIA, MOROCCO, LEBANON, TURKEY, SUDAN, UGANDA, SRI LANKA, AFGHANISTAN, SOMALIA, SENEGAL, BOSNIA, AND THE KASHMIR REGION. THIS PROGRAMMING INCLUDED RAMADAN FOOD PACKAGES, FEED THE FASTING DISTRIBUTIONS, AND QURBANI MEAT DISTRIBUTION, ALONG WITH A DEDICATED RAMADAN FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE IN INDIA AND CONTINUED HOUSING SUPPORT FOR WIDOWS AND THE ELDERLY IN ETHIOPIA.

  Expenses $1,300,902 · Grants $633,561

• EDUCATION: IN ETHIOPIA MAUSA SUPPORTED THE EXPANSION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CAPACITY IN GEDEBANO-GUTAZER-WELENE BY CONSTRUCTING NEW CLASSROOMS TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL, AND TO DECREASE THE CONGESTED CLASSES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION. MAUSA COMMITTED CLOST TO 279,000 TO EDUCATION AND PROTECTION PROGRAMMING IN 2025, ANCHORED BY CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR A SCHOOL SERVING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES IN ETHIOPIA, ALONG WITH A NEW GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) AWARENESS AND PROTECTION INITIATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. HEALTH CARE: IN BANGLADESH MAUSA SUPPORTED A MOTHER, CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION "MCHN" THE PROJECT PROMOTES BREASTFEEDING AS THE BEST SOURCE OF NOURISHMENT FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, AND PROVIDE REFUGEES NECESSARY CONSULTATION, TREATMENT, MEDICINE AND ADDRESSING URGENT HEALTH CARE NEEDS. IN GAZA WE FUNDED A PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF HEALTH CARE BY PROVIDING AL AMAL HOSPITAL WITH DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT EQUIPMENT INCLUDING RADIOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES TO REDUCING THE NEED TO REFER CASES FOR TREATMENT ABROAD (REFERRALS). IN ETHIOPIA, MAUSA CONSTRUCTED A MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CARE UNIT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE MORTALITY RATE AND TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT DISEASES OR COMPLICATIONS DURING PREGNANCY. FULL ANTENATAL CARE FOLLOW-UP GIFT IN KIND HEALTH PROGRAMS. MAUSA COMMITTED NEARLY 243,000 TO HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMMING IN 2025, SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC IN ETHIOPIA, A HEALTHCARE CLINIC IN BANGLADESH, AND SADAQAH-FUNDED HEALTH ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES. ORPHAN SUPPORT: ON GOING ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP IS A VITAL LIFELINE FOR MANY VULNERABLE YOUNG CHILDREN. ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE THE LOVING SUPPORT OF A FAMILY. CHILDREN WHOSE ONLY SHELTER IS A PIECE OF PLASTIC SHEETING OR A CARDBOARD BOX, LIVING DAY TO DAY WITH THE RISK OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION. MAUSA'S ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM COMMITTED MORE THAN 712,000 IN 2025 ACROSS 11 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS, INCLUDING TURKEY, BOSNIA, SOMALIA, INDIA, THE GAMBIA, THE JAMMU & KASHMIR REGION, SRI LANKA, SIERRA LEONE, BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, AND PALESTINE. MONTHLY STIPENDS CONTINUED TO SUPPORT SPONSORED CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, NUTRITION, AND DAILY LIVING NEEDS. WASH: MAUSA HAS VARIOUS PROJECTS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER FOR DRINKING AND OTHER PURPOSES; DEEP WATER WELLS WITH SOLAR AND/OR HAND PUMPS, THE PROJECT ALSO SECURES LABORATORY TESTING OF WATER FROM THE DRILLED WELL, TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER IS SAFE FOR DRINKING. MAUSA INVESTED MORE THAN 536,000 IN WASH INFRASTRUCTURE IN 2025. THIS INCLUDED CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE PAKISTAN WASH PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION OF A MEGA WATER WELL IN ETHIOPIA TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEMEN WATER PROJECT, TWO WASH INITIATIVES IN SRI LANKA, AND WASH SUPPORT FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING A NEW MEGA-WELL PROJECT IN BANGLADESH.

  Expenses $20,769,336 · Grants $20,126,986

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• IKRAM FOUNDATION

  $55,011

  EDUCATION

• ZAKAT CHICAGO

  $50,000

  EMERGENCY

• MASJID AL ISLAM

  $35,000

  FOOD AID

• MASJID AL ISLAM

  $25,000

  RELIGIOUS DUES

• MAHI INTERNATIONAL

  $25,000

  EMERGENCY

• FAITH

  $24,190

  SEASONAL

• CULINARY ANGELS

  $22,862

  HEALTH

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

27 July 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202622439349301957

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