How Ihsan Standard engages with Muslim institutions.
Ihsan Standard's relationship with the nonprofits, mosques, and businesses it covers is built around six promises and a six-stage process. The voice is respectful, the bar is shared, and the path forward is documented before any criticism is published.
The six promises
- Promise 1
Respect first
We engage in the voice of a colleague, not a regulator. The standards are a shared bar every Muslim org can work toward — not a stick.
- Promise 2
Source every claim
Every finding cites a Form 990, an org-published document, or named reporting. No anonymous sources, no rumor surface.
- Promise 3
Right of reply on every page
Orgs respond, verbatim. Their words are preserved alongside our findings. Disagreement is welcome and documented.
- Promise 4
Continuous correction, not gatekept publication
Every org page is always live and public. When an authorized rep submits corrections or attestations, edits are versioned with the changelog public — never held back from donors. Speed to correct is measured in days, not in pre-publication gates.
- Promise 5
Path forward, not punishment
Where we identify gaps, we provide the corresponding standards, the playbook, and the engagement-track toolkit. We want orgs to graduate up.
- Promise 6
No paid placement
Badges are earned. Rankings are not for sale. Engagement is not contingent on financial relationship with Ihsan Standard.
The six-stage process
- 1
Discovery & pre-engagement
We compile the public record on the org — Form 990s, website signals, scholar board, declared fiqh positions. The full pre-engagement packet is shared with the org before any public work begins.
- 2
Org-rep dialog
An authorized representative claims the org's page by signing in with UmmahPassport SSO, then reviews the pre-engagement packet, corrects factual errors, and submits attestations (zakat methodology, qurbānī timeline, etc.).
- 3
Editorial review
Submitted attestations are reviewed before publication. Where a claim requires independent verification, a deeper audit is scheduled. (Our review board is being expanded as we move through the pilot; the published rubric is what governs each finding today.)
- 4
Public page (always live)
The org page is always live and public from the moment the org enters the directory — financial data, verticals, attestations, areas-to-improve. Right-of-reply text is preserved verbatim alongside findings. We do not hold pages back.
- 5
Versioned corrections
Any submitted correction, additional attestation, or new evidence goes through editorial review and is published with a versioned changelog. Updates are visible in the page history.
- 6
Engagement track
Where we identified gaps, we provide the engagement-track playbook: ethical supplier alternatives, per-donation tracking via our Muslim Nonprofit CRM (now in pilot — see the Toolkit), waqf design, scholar-board recruitment.
Claim your page
If you're an authorized representative of an org we cover, claim your page by signing in with UmmahPassport SSO. Once verified, you edit org-controlled fields, post attestations against the published 10 standards, and respond to findings.
Already signed in? Open your org's listing and click "Claim or fix this listing".
Nonprofit CRM pilot
The Muslim Nonprofit CRM is onboarding its pilot cohort now — free for the first cohort of small Muslim nonprofits, with zakat-fidelity fund accounting and per-donation tracking links built in. To join, email us with your org name, rough annual revenue, and the tooling you use today, and we'll set up a walkthrough.
- Small orgs (under ~$50k/yr)
- Express interest now and you're first in line when the post-pilot small-org tier opens — the goal is to keep it free.
- Larger orgs
- Ask about pricing — affordable by design, with higher quotas, priority support, and a bespoke setup conversation included.
- Bespoke setups
- If the standard setup doesn't fit your org's shape, tell us about it — custom fields, custom workflows, integrations with whatever you already run.
- Partner integrations
- For integration timelines with partner tools (Afterfund and others), mention the partner in your email and we'll share where it sits on the roadmap.
Report a listing
Not a representative, but spotted a listing that's wrong, duplicated, or shouldn't be here? Use the public report form — no sign-in required.
Report a listing →See also: /nonprofits/standards for the ten standards we evaluate against, /nonprofits/standards/website-signals for the specific markers we publish, /audit for the audit overview, and /audit/request to join the waitlist.