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CAIR at a Glance


  • Founding: CAIR was founded in 1994 with headquarters in Washington, D.C. CAIR’s headquarters are located within four blocks of the U.S. Capitol building. The first CAIR chapter was established in the San Francisco Bay area.

  • Offices: CAIR has 32 chapters in 20 states and one in Canada. Each CAIR chapter is governed by an independent board and solicits its funding almost exclusively from its local community.

  • Employees and Volunteers: CAIR’s national office and chapters employ more than 60 staff, more than 300 active volunteer board or executive committee members, and numerous interns. CAIR’s consultative decision-making body includes nearly 200 people of diverse backgrounds across the U.S. and communicates on a daily basis to guide the organization.

  • Community Support: CAIR is a grassroots organization. In 2006, nearly 10,000 Americans attended CAIR’s annual banquets held in more than 20 cities. The largest CAIR banquet in 2006 was held in Southern California with nearly 2,000 attendees. The national banquet in Washington, D.C. attracts more than 1,000 participants each year. The majority of CAIR’s annual funding is raised at these banquets.

  • Building Bridges: In 2006 alone, CAIR banquets have been attended by state governors, U.S. senators and representatives, state assembly members and representatives, mayors, and city council members. Numerous interfaith leaders, social activists, academics and media personalities also attended the annual banquets. Letters of support and commendation have come from all of the above.

  • Active in America: CAIR volunteers and board members come from all walks of American life; they include professors, doctors, teachers, lawyers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. CAIR officials and board members also serve on several non-profit boards such as the ACLU, NCCJ, NAACP, and ICIRR. They regularly participate in interfaith dialogue and are part of civic advocacy and human rights coalitions.

  • Media: CAIR officials and volunteers were interviewed or quoted in hundreds of mainstream newspaper or magazine articles and television programs in 2006, locally, nationally and globally.

  • Civil Rights: CAIR processed nearly 2,500 civil rights discrimination cases in 2006 and more than 9,500 in the past decade.

  • Youth Development: CAIR has administered over a dozen youth leadership symposiums in cities nationwide, graduating hundreds of high school and college students. The programs equip youth with the tools they need to become constructive and active civic participants in American society.

  • Non-Profit: CAIR is a not-for-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under U.S. Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). Donations to CAIR are tax-deductible. Tax ID: 77-0646756


CAIR's Brand Identity and Logo


The change at CAIR starts with a new brand identity that reflects our core values of being:

  • Islamic - Values informed by Islam are reflected in everything CAIR does.
  • American - CAIR promotes pluralism in America and defends the US Constitution.
  • Just - CAIR promotes equal rights, equal access, and equal respect for all Americans.
  • Integrity - CAIR means what it says and we do what we mean.
  • Excellence - CAIR excels by being persistent and innovative.
  • Educational - CAIR increases knowledge about Islam, Muslims, and the American system.
  • Inclusive - CAIR celebrates diversity and promotes dialogue as a means of problem solving.
  • Balanced - CAIR is balanced in its viewpoints and advocates moderation in all its policies and activities.

View the flash presentation of CAIR's new Brand Identity

25 Facts about CAIR


The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group. CAIR’s vision is to promote justice and mutual understanding. CAIR’s mission is based on 3 core goals – enhancing understanding of Islam, promoting justice and empowering American Muslims.

  • CAIR’s National office is located three blocks south of the US Capitol building in Washington DC.

  • CAIR has affiliates in 19 states. Many affiliates manage multiple offices. CAIR has more than thirty active chapters in America and Canada.

  • CAIR and its affiliates are managed by board members who are well-known professionals from 50 different cities across America. CAIR board members are doctors, professors, engineers, homemakers, scientists, students, computer professionals, business people, public officials, accountants, etc. CAIR and its affiliates combine to employ more than 70 full-time staff serving millions of American Muslims.

  • CAIR financial statements are audited by professional accountants and are certified as having passed with distinction. CAIR Annual Reports are made available to all our members and donors. Beginning in 2006 CAIR Annual Reports will be made available online.


    • View all 25 facts about CAIR

    Urban Legends


    DE-MYSTIFYING “URBAN LEGENDS” ABOUT CAIR

    Introduction

    The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is arguably the most visible and public American Muslim organization, with a 13-year record of exemplary social and political activism. As a result of the organization’s high profile and its stellar record of principled advocacy of civil liberties, interfaith relations and justice for all people, a small but vocal group of anti-Muslim bigots has made CAIR the focus of their mean-spirited attacks. These smear campaigns aim at marginalizing Muslims in America by silencing one of the most prominent and respected American Muslim voices.

    It can be demonstrated that the sources of fabricated allegations, distortions, and smears against CAIR are recycled time and again by the same Islamophobes.

    During a 2004 meeting at FBI’s Washington, DC headquarters the assistant to Cassie Chandler, then Assistant Director for Public Affairs, told CAIR privately that they have researched all these allegations and they came to the conclusion that they come mostly from one or two biased sources, and yet are becoming an “urban legend.” CAIR has to live with it just as the FBI has to live with some urban legends of its own.

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    Annual Report


    CAIR’s 2006 annual report, Results That Speak for Themselves, describes the work CAIR did in that year to further its mission of enhancing understanding of Islam, empowering American Muslims, protecting civil liberties, and promoting justice.

    The report also includes highlights of CAIR chapters’ accomplishments as well as a sampling of CAIR’s media work and national recognition. It concludes with a CAIR financial activity report.

    Click here to view the entire report.


    Previous Years:
    2005: Annual Report