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MINARET OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE

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Retrieved 2026-10-19; covers tax years 2021–2025. Data: Strategy Studio, CC BY 4.0.

2025 · Form 990 · revenue $63K · expenses $21K · assets $20K

EIN
52-1850442
Address
4323 ROSEDALE AVE, BETHESDA, MD 20814-4750
Website
minaret.org
NTEE code
E70
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
1994
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Mission

Our mission is to our mission is to counter distortions and misconceptions about Islamic beliefs and practice to demonstrate the Islamic origins of modern values like the rule of law and sciences like market economics to advance the status of Muslim peoples maligned by a hostile environment in the West and oppressed by repressive political regimes in the East.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Imad Ahmad President2021-2025 $0$55,015 3

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

6 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Ramy Osman Secretary2021-2025 0 $0 reported 3
Shahid Shah Treasurer2021-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Antony Sullivan Director2021-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Maliha Sheikh Vice President2021-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Charles Butterworth Director2021-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Charles Butterrworth (former) Vice President2024 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 3 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Imad Ahmad President0 $0$0$0 $03
Maliha Sheikh Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Ramy Osman Secretary0 $0$0$0 $03
Shahid Shah Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
Antony Sullivan Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Charles Butterworth Director0 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $15K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Imad Ahmad President8 $14,700-$0 $14,7003
Charles Butterrworth Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Shahid Shah Treasurer0 $0-$0 $01
Ramy Osman Secretary0 $0-$0 $03
Antony Sullivan Director0 $0-$0 $01
Maliha Sheikh Director0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $6K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Imad Ahmad President10 $5,705-$25 $5,7303
Maliha Sheikh Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Shahid Shah Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Ramy Osman Secretary1 $0-$0 $03
Antony Sullivan Director0 $0-$0 $01
Charles Butterworth Director1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $14K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Imad Ahmad President9 $14,235-$75 $14,3103
Maliha Sheikh Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Shahid Shah Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
Ramy Osman Secretary1 $0-$0 $03
Antony Sullivan Director0 $0-$0 $01
Charles Butterworth Director0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $20K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Imad Ahmad President10 $20,200-$75 $20,2753
Maliha Sheikh Vice President0 $0-$0 $01
Shahid Shah Treasurer0 $0-$0 $01
Ramy Osman Secretary0 $0-$0 $03
Antony Sullivan Director0 $0-$0 $01
Charles Butterworth Directorq0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$62,862$20,616 $19,654$17,885 $16,350$0 $003
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$20,823$20,850 $21,811$20,275 $14,075- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$11,141$22,436 $26,236$24,183 $13,555- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$18,138$24,800 $33,986$31,433 $18,869$0 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$25,117$22,727 $40,585$38,421 $21,456$0 ---

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $17,429 in all, tax years 2010 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT Public charity Exact 2013-2015 3$7,095 2015$3,000
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THE FREDA UTLEY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MINARET OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE” 2010-2012, 2014-2015 5$7,000 2015$2,000
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GARVEY KANSAS FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MINARET OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE” 2011-2024 14$3,250 2024$50
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “MINARET OF FREEDOM INSTITUTE” 2020-2023 4$84 2023$23
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $20,616 spent · pay $13,900 · grants $0 · events $53
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: disqualified persons $13,900$11,200$300$2,400 67.4%
Fees: accounting $2,800$0$0$0 13.6%
Fees: other services $1,680$1,200$240$240 8.1%
Office expenses $826$672$154$0 4.0%
Occupancy $600$600$0$0 2.9%
Other (as described)Organizational expenses $515$0$515$0 2.5%
Travel $91$91$0$0 0.4%
Other (as described)Bank fees $76$0$76$0 0.4%
Other (as described)Dues $75$75$0$0 0.4%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $53$0$0$53 0.3%
Total$20,616100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $20,850 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $19,650 94.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $618 3.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $549 2.6%
Printing, publications, postage $33 0.2%
Total$20,850100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $22,436 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $19,680 87.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,147 5.1%
Printing, publications, postage $1,031 4.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $578 2.6%
Total$22,436100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $24,800 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $22,865 92.2%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,107 4.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $675 2.7%
Printing, publications, postage $153 0.6%
Total$24,800100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $22,727 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $20,451 90.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,080 4.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $733 3.2%
Printing, publications, postage $463 2.0%
Total$22,727100%

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