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LIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC

EIN 95-4402149 SOUTHFIELD, MI

Revenue 2024
$47,271,328
Expenses 2024
$45,348,518

Program services were 91.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q330
Classification
1000
Street
17300 W 10 MILE RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, OR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE BY OFFERING HUMANITARIAN SERVICES, SUCH AS HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION, AND TO CATER TO CASUALTIES OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TURMOIL

  • HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM - MEDICINES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ARE DISTRIBUTED TO UNDERSERVED HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AROUND THE WORLD AND TO COMMUNITIES IN AREAS THAT LACK ADEQUATE HEALTH SERVICES. THE HEARING IMPAIRED IN MANY COUNTRIES RECEIVE HEARING AIDS THROUGH HEARING AID MEDICAL MISSIONS.

    Expenses $19,842,387

  • ORPHANS PROGRAM - THE ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES ORPHANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THE VULNERABLE NEEDY FAMILIES OF THE ORPHANS THEIR EDUCATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, SHELTER, AND OTHER NEEDS.

    Expenses $6,775,508

  • EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM - IN RESPONSE TO AREAS SUFFERING FROM NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTERS, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED IN THE FORM OF SHELTERS, FOOD, WATER, AND URGENT MEDICAL CARE.

    Expenses $5,975,458

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM - THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES LITERACY THROUGH THE DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO DONATES CLASSROOM FURNITURE TO NATIVE AMERICAN SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES AND NEEDY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND GIVES ORPHANS AND POOR SCHOOL CHILDREN UNIFORMS, SHOES, AND SCHOOL BAGS FILLED WITH STATIONERY, PENS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ITEMS THROUGH ITS BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.

    Expenses $5,762,699

  • FOOD BASKET PROGRAMS - THE FOOD BASKET PROGRAMS INCLUDE VARIOUS SEASONAL PROJECTS THAT HELP FEED NEEDY FAMILIES IN MANY COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. DURING RAMADAN, THE ORGANIZATION DISTRIBUTES FOOD BASKETS TO POOR AND NEEDY INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO PROVIDES HOT COOKED MEALS TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH ISLAMIC CENTERS, GROCERY STORES, AND SUPERMARKETS IN COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO DISTRIBUTE UDHIYAH AND QURBANI TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT MAY OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO MEAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATION MAY ALSO SUPPORT A COMMUNITY EVENT BY PROVIDING A MEAL AND GIFTS OR MAY DISTRIBUTE FOOD BASKETS FOR THANKSGIVING TO POOR AND HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $2,354,574

  • CLEAN WATER PROJECT PROGRAMS - THROUGH THE CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LITTLE OR NO ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER BY CONSTRUCTING WATER WELLS OR PROVIDING WATER TANKS. WATER IS A NECESSITY OF LIFE NEEDED FOR PROPER HEATH, HYGIENE, AND SANITATION AND FOR LIVESTOCK POPULATIONS.

    Expenses $669,130

  • COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS - THE ORGANIZATION BUILDS COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER FOR SOCIAL EVENTS, AND ALSO FUNDS SMALL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR POOR FAMILIES TO ENABLE THEM TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $62,840

  • FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS - THE FAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WORK TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF VULNERABLE SINGLE MOTHERS AND DISABLED HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING FROM THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF WAR AND FAMINE. THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS, THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES WINTER AID TO FAMILIES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE WARM BLANKETS, WINTER CLOTHES, AND JACKETS.

    Expenses $30,908

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • DR HANY EL-SAYED SAQR

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $321,519
    From this org
    $321,519
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,519
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $321,519

  • DR ABDULWAHAB MEHDI ASAMARAI

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL J SALLOUM

    SECRETARY AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MOHAMMED YAHIA ABDUL-RAHIM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR SIYAD ABDULLAHI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MOHAMMED EM EL-SAYED

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $47,271,328
    Expenses
    $45,348,518
    Contributions
    $47,076,268
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $35,679,655
    Expenses
    $34,885,861
    Contributions
    $35,660,167
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $38,770,096
    Expenses
    $38,921,320
    Contributions
    $38,763,716
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,366,085
    Expenses
    $27,311,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,974,187

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,181,029
    Expenses
    $17,626,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,252,625

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,315,485
    Expenses
    $22,778,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,653,845

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,446,460
    Expenses
    $21,133,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,314,034

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,378,912
    Expenses
    $17,960,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,092,069

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,688,584
    Expenses
    $19,861,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,552,793

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,706,389
    Expenses
    $10,068,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,769,502

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,125,137
    Expenses
    $14,267,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,102,405

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,486,093
    Expenses
    $50,792,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,443,379

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $51,486,093
    Expenses
    $50,792,266
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,359,716

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.