🚨Pure Hands held a charity dinner in Tacoma on Feb 14, 2025, at the Islamic Center of Tacoma, 31 Montana Ave. Speakers included Sheikh Hassan Aly, Dr. Issam Abu-Khater, and Dr. Abdulhakim Mohamed, the center’s executive director and a founder of Pure Hands. Donate links on the flyer:
purehands.org/West, Zelle, Venmo, Cash App.
That charity reported $162.5 million in 2022 revenue. $149.4 million of it is not cash.
Note 7 is one paragraph: “medical supplies and equipment,” booked at “fair market value.” No donors. No quantities. No appraisal. No proof it reached Yemen.
Strip that out and this is a $4 million charity. The 98% program ratio is an accounting pass-through.
Real money: $12.6 million in donations, $504,000 net from dinners. Government grants: $0. Fundraising professional fees: $1.15 million. The audit does not say who was paid.
Offices in Sana’a and Aden. A Yemen bank account, with political and currency risk disclosed. No related-party note. Unrestricted net assets started the year $600,000 in the hole.
One undisclosed goods line is the difference between a mid-size charity and a $162 million one. 🧵