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DOWNTOWN DENVER ISLAMIC CENTER

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $1.4M · expenses $1.1M · assets $612K

EIN
83-0709281
Address
2952 N DOWNING ST, DENVER, CO 80205-4414
Website
https://www.theddic.org
NTEE code
X40
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2022
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Mission

AN INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A PEACEFUL AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR ISLAMIC RITUALS AND EDUCATION FOR ALL.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

4 people 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
Naveed Usman Executive Dir.2023-2025 $48,840$59,000 1
Souad Chair Director2023-2025 $55,893$55,893 1
Muhammad Kolila (former) Director2023-2024 $48,750$68,775 1
Hossam Hassan (former) Director2023-2024 $19,600$19,600 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

4 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
Hamza Duwaji Chairman2024-2025 4 $0 reported 1
Karam Ahmad Treasurer2025 4 $0 reported 1
Yasir Bajwa Secretary2025 4 $0 reported 1
Yassir Bajwa (former) Secretary2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $105K · 2 employees · 200 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Souad Chair Director16 $55,893$0$0 $55,8931
Naveed Usman Executive Dir.16 $48,840$0$0 $48,8401
Karam Ahmad Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
Hamza Duwaji Chairman4 $0$0$0 $01
Yasir Bajwa Secretary4 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 6 people listed · 3 paid, $79K · 2 employees · 30 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Muhammad Kolila Director20 $48,750$0$0 $48,7501
Hossam Hassan Director20 $19,600$0$0 $19,6001
Naveed Usman Executive Dir.8 $10,160$0$0 $10,1601
Souad Chair Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Hamza Duwaji Director1 $0$0$0 $01
Yassir Bajwa Secretary1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $20K · 1 employee · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Muhammad Kolila Director20 $20,025$0$0 $20,0251
Naveed Usman Chairman8 $0$0$0 $01
Hossam Hassan Vice President16 $0$0$0 $01
Souad Chair Treasurer8 $0$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 ↗
$1,431,605$1,122,877 $612,205$610,180 $1,425,605$0 $104,7332200
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$819,627$648,931 $301,452$301,452 $819,611$0 $68,350230
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$291,867$216,211 $132,631$130,756 $291,867$0 $43,125125

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $258,290 in all, tax years 2023 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
THE COLORADO HEALTH FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DOWNTOWN DENVER ISLAMIC CENTER” 2023-2024 2$235,000 2024$200,000
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TRAILHEAD INSTITUTE Public charity Exact 2023 1$16,000 2023$16,000
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ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT & EMPOWERMENT IN AMERICA Public charity Exact 2024 1$7,290 2024$7,290
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Who funds organizations like this

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$5,332,770140 412016–2024 ISLAMIC CENTER OF IRVINE INC; WEST CLEVELAND MUSLIM ASSOCIATION INC; SAN RAMON VALLEY ISLAMIC CENTER; MUSLIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION - MCA - FOUNDATION and 37 more
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NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor$1,288,50010 82020–2024 MAS DALLAS ISLAMIC CENTER; ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NEW RIVER VALLEY INC; JANNAH INSTITUTE; THE CENTER FOR ISLAMIC TEACHINGS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and 4 more
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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 · $1,122,877 spent · pay $171,079 · grants $560,621 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $560,621$560,621-- 49.9%
Fees: other services $178,040$121,838$2,866$53,336 15.9%
Occupancy $119,785$31,810$87,975- 10.7%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $104,733$64,733-$40,000 9.3%
Other salaries and wages $64,785$51,827$6,479$6,479 5.8%
Other (as described)Program Expenses $26,702$25,737$965- 2.4%
Information technology $18,687$14,087$2,334$2,266 1.7%
Travel $10,305$4,989$4,006$1,310 0.9%
Office expenses $9,855$288$9,442$125 0.9%
Fees: accounting $8,200-$8,200- 0.7%
Insurance $5,486-$5,486- 0.5%
Other (as described)Volunteers $4,786$4,719$67- 0.4%
Advertising and promotion $4,159$3,878$281- 0.4%
Depreciation and depletion $3,405-$3,405- 0.3%
Payroll taxes $1,561$1,249$156$156 0.1%
Fees: legal $990-$990- 0.1%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $505-$226$279 0.0%
Interest $272-$272- 0.0%
Total$1,122,877100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $648,931 spent · pay $116,519 · grants $276,698 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $276,698$276,698-- 42.6%
Fees: other services $127,179$16,986$73,750$36,443 19.6%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $68,350$54,680$13,670- 10.5%
Occupancy $57,190$51,449$5,741- 8.8%
Other salaries and wages $39,491$39,491-- 6.1%
Information technology $27,323-$27,323- 4.2%
Fees: management $10,160$2,032$8,128- 1.6%
Travel $8,857$4,909$3,948- 1.4%
Payroll taxes $8,678$6,061$2,617- 1.3%
Insurance $5,828-$5,828- 0.9%
Fees: accounting $5,635-$5,635- 0.9%
Other (as described)Other Program expense $5,044$5,044-- 0.8%
Depreciation and depletion $3,404-$3,404- 0.5%
Office expenses $2,815-$2,815- 0.4%
Other (as described)Volunteer Appreciation $1,769$1,769-- 0.3%
Advertising and promotion $510-$510- 0.1%
Total$648,931100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $216,211 spent · pay $43,328 · grants $92,602 · events $10,860
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US individuals $90,401$90,401-- 41.8%
Occupancy $50,656$50,656-- 23.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $43,125$34,500$8,625- 19.9%
Other (as described) EventCommunity dinners $10,860$10,860-- 5.0%
Office expenses $6,088-$6,088- 2.8%
Fees: management $5,876-$5,876- 2.7%
Other (as described)Other Program Supplies $3,345$3,345-- 1.5%
Grants to US organizations and governments $2,201$2,201-- 1.0%
Travel $1,350-$1,350- 0.6%
Information technology $906-$906- 0.4%
Fees: accounting $658-$658- 0.3%
Advertising and promotion $454-$454- 0.2%
Payroll taxes $203$162$41- 0.1%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $88-$88- 0.0%
Total$216,211100%

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