Al Firdaus Foundation

Analysis

Al Firdaus Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Bridgeview, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Al Firdaus Foundation reported income of $460k and spending of $449k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $330k to $460k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Al Firdaus Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Beacon Missions ($460k), JPT Movement Inc ($460k) and Paradise Mountains Ministries Inc ($460k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $157k (35% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 13 employees.