AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 1832, PHOENIX, AZ 85001-1832

In care of

% M ZUHDI JASSER

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

M ZUHDI JASSER, PO BOX 1832, PHOENIX, AZ 85001

Signed the 990

M ZUHDI JASSER, PRESIDENT

Phone

(602) 254-1840

Website

WWW.AIFDEMOCRACY.ORG

Return prepared by

KHALSA MCBREARTY ACCOUNTANCY LLP

Mission

AIFD'S MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION, LIBERTY, AND FREEDOM, THROUGH THE SEPARATION OF MOSQUE AND STATE. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE THREAT OF ISLAMISM (POLITICAL ISLAM) AND ITS ROLE IN MUSLIM RADICALIZATION ACROSS THE PLANET AND THE ASSOCIATED INCREASING THREATS TO AMERICANS DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD. OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BRINGS FOCUS TO ENGAGING MUSLIMS IN GENERATIONAL SOLUTIONS PROMOTING IDEAS OF LIBERTY AGAINST DEEP- SEATED ISLAMIST IDEOLOGIES AND MOVEMENTS ESPECIALLY THROUGH REFORM INSPIRED BY PROMOTION OF LIBERTY, DEFEAT OF THE IDEA OF THE ISLAMIC STATE (THEOCRACY) AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUALITY OF ALL AGAINST ISLAMIST SUPREMACISM. THE MUSLIM REFORM MOVEMENT (MRM) PROGRAM FURTHER GREW ITS PLATFORM FOR THE GROWING COALITION OF DIVERSE WESTERN REFORM-MINDED MUSLIM LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT STAND FOR LIBERTY AND AGAINST ISLAMISM. IN LATE 2023 AFTER HAMAS DECLARED WAR ON

Program accomplishments

• OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW STEADILY WITH A SIGNIFICANT BOOST FROM OUR LEADERSHIP IN THE CLARITY COALITION TO "SAVE THE WEST". THIS INCLUDED HUNDREDS LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA APPEARANCES, PUBLICATIONS, EVENTS, AND PUBLIC FORUMS AS WELL AS A HEAVY PROGRAMMING EMPHASIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, AND OTHER PLATFORMS. IN 2024, AIFD ALSO CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY EVENTS VIRTUAL AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING FORUMS DEBATING ISLAM'S COMPATIBILITY WITH DEMOCRACY AT OXFORD, AND OTHER FORUMS ON THE SPREAD OF ISLAMIST GROUPS LIKE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) AND THE NEED TO DESIGNATE THE MB A TERROR ORGANIZATION. AIFD ALSO PARTICIPATED IN FORMS AND DISCUSSIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, ISLAMISM, MIDDLE EAST POLICY, COUNTER- RADICALIZATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, MINORITY RIGHTS, MUSLIM RADICALIZATION, THE "RED-GREEN AXIS", U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY ENGAGEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY OFFICER EDUCATION, AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO NAME A FEW. AIFD ORGANIZED PROGRAMS VIA WEBINARS WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE IN REAL-TIME AND IN SUBSEQUENT VIEWERSHIP COVERING AREAS OF ANTISEMITISM, THE RED- GREEN AXIS, INTEGRATION, THE THREAT OF ISLAMISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, MINORITY RIGHTS, AND FREE SPEECH TO NAME A FEW. OUR PUBLIC DEBATES AGAINST ISLAMISTS ALSO EXEMPLIFY OUR MISSION OF REFORM AND THE REALITY OF IDEOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WITHIN AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. THE NEED FOR AIFD'S WORK CONTINUES TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY WITH GLOBAL CHALLENGES RELATED TO ISLAMIST RADICALIZATION AND THE SPREAD OF JIHADIST IDEOLOGIES GROWING EXPONENTIALLY ESPECIALLY WITH THE SYNERGY AND COOPERATION OF THE EXTREME LEFT (MARXISTS, COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS) WITH THE ISLAMISTS-THE MARXIST-JIHADIST NETWORKS. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTABILITY IN REGIONS MOST NOTABLY IN GAZA, LEBANON, IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND OTHER MUSLIM MAJORITY NATIONS, IN ADDITION TO MASS ANTI-IMMIGRATION DEMONSTRATIONS IN EUROPE HAS CONTINUED TO SOLIDIFY AIFD'S PUBLIC ROLE AND REPUTATION AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THE ROOT CAUSES AND IMPACT OF ISLAMISM. AIFD CONTINUES TO BE SOUGHT AFTER BY PUBLIC POLICY EXPERTS, GOVERNMENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY NETWORKS FOR ITS EXPERTISE AND TESTIMONY IN NATIONAL SECURITY, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, POLITICAL ISLAM, ISLAMIST TERRORISM AND ASSOCIATED DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY. AIFD HAS ALSO NURTURED AND BUILT STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH NON-MUSLIM, INTERFAITH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY, COUNTER-JIHAD, AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SPACE MOST NOTABLY HELPING CO-FOUND, CO-LEAD AND FOSTER THE GROWTH OF THE DIVERSE AND BROADLY BASED CLARITY COALITION (CHAMPIONS FOR LIBERTY AGAINST THE REALITY OF ISLAMIST TYRANNY). AIFD'S OFFICE HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO RESPOND TO HUNDREDS OF PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, AND POSTINGS FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH NETWORKING ACROSS THE WORLD ON BEHALF OF AIFD AND THE COALITION OF THE MUSLIM REFORM MOVEMENT AND CLARITY COALITION.
  Expenses $21,422
• THE MRM INCLUDES OVER 35 LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH DIVERSE VOICES NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES BUT IN CANADA, AND EUROPE WHO ARE DEDICATED TO REFORM. THESE NETWORKS OF REFORM-MINDED MUSLIM LEADERS CONTINUE TO GAIN MOMENTUM IN THEIR WORK AS EACH LEADER PUBLICIZES AND ADVOCATES THEIR INDIVIDUAL WORK AND THE COLLECTIVE THEN COMES TOGETHER TO SERVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL NETWORK OF 'ESTABLISHMENT' ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS, ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL. WE CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT AND ADD OTHER LIKE-MINDED DISSIDENT MUSLIM LEADERS ACROSS THE WORLD TO JOIN IN OUR FIGHT FOR MUSLIM REFORM TOWARDS MODERNITY. THE GROWING NETWORK OF DIVERSE LEADERS, CO-CHAIRED BY AIFD, CONTINUES TO PARTNER, AND WORK TOGETHER REGULARLY, COOPERATING IN MONTHLY MEETINGS, JOINT PAPERS, PUBLIC POSITION STATEMENTS, AND HUNDREDS OF MEDIA APPEARANCES AND PUBLIC FORUMS, IN THE PROMOTION OF OUR IDEAS FOR MUSLIM REFORM AND AGAINST ISLAMISM AND TO AID PUBLIC COUNTERTERRORISM IN COUNTER- RADICALIZATION EFFORTS AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMISTS. WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH OUR PUBLIC PLATFORMS IN HOPING TO SHIFT THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY'S APPROACH IN COUNTERTERRORISM, FROM THE COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE STRATEGY OF "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISTS(CVE)" TO THE FAR MORE RATIONAL AND EFFECTIVE "COUNTERING ISLAMISM (CI)" PROGRAMMING AND STRATEGY.
  Expenses $2,465
• MUSLIM LIBERTY PROJECT (MLP) IS OUR COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP BUILDING INITIATIVE AMONG YOUNG MUSLIMS AGE 15-30. OUR PROGRAM AND LEADERS EMPOWER AND MENTOR FUTURE YOUNG AMERICAN MUSLIM LEADERS WHO ALIGN WITH OUR WORK OF REFORM AGAINST ISLAMIST INDOCTRINATION AND IDEAS AND WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPORTANCE AND DUTY OF ESTABLISHING A BALANCED AMERICAN AND MUSLIM IDENTITY. MLP YOUTH ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS THAT BALANCE THEIR AMERICAN AND MUSLIM IDENTITIES. THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY AMBASSADORS, TOWNHALLS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA FORUMS TO OPENLY DISCUSS VARIOUS CURRENT EVENTS THAT IMPACT THEM AND THE U.S. WE HAVE ALSO STARTED REACHING OUT MORE BROADLY WITHIN OUR CLARITY COALITION LEADERSHIP TO OTHER YOUTH OF OTHER FAITHS TO HELP THEM USE OUR FOCUS ON AMERICANISM AS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL FOR OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE A SIMILAR AND SYMPATHETIC IDEOLOGICAL APPROACH TO INTEGRATION, ASSIMILATION, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HIGHLIGHTING THE COMBINED NATIONAL SOCIAL CONTRACT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, BILL OF RIGHTS, AND RULE OF LAW. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES THAT BRING AWARENESS TO THE PLIGHT OF VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND DEMONSTRATE HOW AMERICAN MUSLIMS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. OUR YOUTH HAVE IN THE PAST ENGAGED IN PROGRAMS AIDING THE HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN SYRIA, THE GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS, AND OTHER INTERFAITH WORK. WE ALSO CONTINUED PROGRAMMING IN 2024 COUNTERING, EXPOSING, AND COUNTERING THE DEPTH OF ANTISEMITIC INDOCTRINATION ACROSS UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE OF ISLAMISTS IN WORKING WITH THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT AND ITS "RED-GREEN AXIS" OF ORGANIZATIONS (LIKE THE STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE- SJP) AND MANY OTHERS DOMESTICALLY AND ABROAD. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO BE FOCUSED ON BUILDING OUR MENTORING PROGRAM OF "FUTURE MUSLIM LEADERS OF AMERICA" WHICH PAIRS FUTURE YOUNG MUSLIM LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH SOME OF OUR PROMINENT ANTI-ISLAMIST MUSLIM REFORM LEADERS AND MENTORS THEM IN SKILLS, PROFESSIONALISM, AND ENGAGEMENT ON ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS TO LEAD OUR LEGACY WORK IN THE FUTURE. AIFD CONTINUES TO WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH VULNERABLE YOUTH IN OUR PILOT COUNTER-RADICALIZATION PROGRAMS. WE HAVE LED WORKING GROUPS ADDRESSING INDICATORS OF ISOLATION AND EXTREMISM IN VULNERABLE YOUTH. AIFD ALSO CONTINUED BUILDING ITS PILOT PROGRAMMING AND EXPERTISE FOR AT-RISK YOUNG INDIVIDUALS REFERRED BY THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM TO AIFD FOR DE-RADICALIZATION PROGRAMMING AND MENTORING. AIFD ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR GOVERNMENT, MILITARY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROVIDING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN REQUESTED, ITS RADICAL ISLAMISM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT (RILE) COURSE WITH A FULL DAY CURRICULUM TO EDUCATE ANY APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR SECURITY PERSONNEL ON OUR COUNTER- RADICALIZATION STRATEGIES.
  Expenses $22,173

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

71-0940051

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2004

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990-N (e-Postcard)

Category (NTEE)

International, foreign affairs and national security (Q40)

Assets (IRS master file)

$18,783

Income (IRS master file)

$28,638

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 71-0940051).

Questions about AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY

What is the EIN of AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY?

The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY is 71-0940051.

Is AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2004.

Are donations to AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY file?

Form 990-N (e-Postcard). Gross receipts normally $50,000 or less.

When is the next return of AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names M ZUHDI JASSER.

Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does AMERICAN ISLAMIC FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $28,638, expenses of $50,989 and total assets of $18,783 at year end.

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