Connect people through art, love and learning

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$80K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 11% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$702K
+28% vs prior year
Spent
$619K
To programs
75%
Net assets
$333K
By yearFY2019–FY2024
Revenue
$702K
FY2023▲ +28%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$164K
FY2020$285K
FY2021$456K
FY2022$550K
FY2023$702K
FY2024$511K
Expenses
$619K
FY2023▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019Not on file
FY2020$199K
FY2021$332K
FY2022$544K
FY2023$619K
FY2024$547K
Net assets
$333K
FY2023▲ +33%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$32K
FY2020$118K
FY2021$242K
FY2022$249K
FY2023$333K
FY2024$297K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2014.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $463K Management & general 13% · $80K Fundraising 12% · $76K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$38,840Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$38,840Pt VII · Sec A
Boardmember
$2,057Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Interim President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Boardmember
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Yasin Ahmed’s $85K as Executive Director is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
James Whipple—$38,840$91,337$90,000$78,513—
Yasin Ahmed$85,369—————
Alouise Urness—————$42,269
Samuel Chesneu—$38,840————
Amal Saleh—$2,057$20,738———
Samuel Chesneau$20,420—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $463K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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In 2023, Wasat engaged more than 75,000 participants locally and globally through education, art, culture, and service activities. Wasat held both in in person and online classes. At each of these events, we hosted 10- 300 attendees, and engaged in 100,000 total including in person and live streaming classes globally as well as serving…

$463Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$100K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$702K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$702K
Investment incomeLn 3$5
Money outPt IX
$619K
Ln 25
Programscol B$463K
Managementcol C$80K
Fundraisingcol D$76K
Owns and owesPt X
$333K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$319K
Total assetsLn 16$339K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$702K
Government grantsLn 1e$162K
Investment incomeLn 3$5
Total revenueLn 12$702K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$319K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$319K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K
Total assetsLn 16$339K
LiabilitiesLn 26$7K
Net assetsLn 32$333K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$249K$319K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K
Total assetsLn 16$250K$339K
LiabilitiesLn 26$564$7K
Net assetsLn 32$249K$333K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$39K$27K$8K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$254K$177K$48K$28K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$4K$985$587
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$14K$4K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$30K$30K$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$0$7K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$9K$0$4K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$13K$3K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$833$497
OccupancyLn 16$18K$14K$0$5K
TravelLn 17$33K$23K$6K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$15K$0$0$15K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$7K$5K$1K$782
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$138K$128K$0$9K
All other expensesLn 24e$14K$12K$636$991
Total functional expensesLn 25$619K$463K$80K$76K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $511K$547K−$36K$297K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $702K$619K$83K$333K 990 PDF
FY2022 $550K$544K$7K$249K 990 PDF
FY2021 $456K$332K$124K$242K 990 PDF
FY2020 $285K$199K$86K$118K 990 PDF
FY2019 $164K$32K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $701,960 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $550,379$701,955
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2$5
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $550,381$701,960
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $6,000$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $313,197$317,123
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $224,458$301,401
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $543,655$618,524
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,726$83,436
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $701,960 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$161,615
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$540,340
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$701,955
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5$5
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5$701,960
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $618,524 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $27,188 · Management $7,768 · Fundraising $3,884$38,840
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $177,278 · Management $47,790 · Fundraising $28,469$253,537
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,655 · Management $985 · Fundraising $587$5,227
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $13,648 · Management $3,679 · Fundraising $2,192$19,519
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $30,000 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$30,000
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $7,100 · Fundraising $0$7,100
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,707 · Management $0 · Fundraising $3,688$12,395
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,634 · Management $3,406 · Fundraising $2,029$18,069
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,092 · Management $833 · Fundraising $497$4,422
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $13,600 · Management $0 · Fundraising $4,533$18,133
IX-17 TravelPrograms $23,354 · Management $6,296 · Fundraising $3,750$33,400
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $14,784$14,784
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,955 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,955
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,869 · Management $1,313 · Fundraising $782$6,964
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $128,045 · Management $0 · Fundraising $9,468$137,513
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $12,039 · Management $636 · Fundraising $991$13,666
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $463,064 · Management $79,806 · Fundraising $75,654$618,524
Part X · Balance sheet $339,171 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $249,288$318,889
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $460$460
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$19,822
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $249,748$339,171
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $564$6,552
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $564$6,552
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $249,184$332,619
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $249,184$332,619
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $249,748$339,171
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $332,619 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$701,960
XI-2 Total expenses$618,524
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$83,436
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$249,184
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$332,619

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