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AAA Private Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$176kInternational$171kHealth$87kPhilanthropy$64kEnvironment$37kFood & Nutrition$25kPublic Benefit$10kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chicago Memon Association$3,000
Gujarat Muslim Association$3,000
IMRC$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Helping Hand: $4k → 21%Helping Hand: $2k → 21%Helping Hand: $1k → 21%Counsel Of Islamic Organizations Of Greater Chicago: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
CA
MO
MD
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$589k · 33 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
14

Total granted

$589k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
0%

Still filing today

42%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHealthEducationInternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GM
    GUJARATI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
    7× · 2017–2023 · $130k · revenue +16%
  • MC
    MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER
    6× · 2017–2022 · $115k · revenue +60%
  • KF
    KITCC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $40k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TC
    TCF Citizens Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • MM
    MAKKI MASJID INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • BF
    BHC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -53%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
2
Muslim Aid America

Provide help to people who are victims of natural disasters or conflicts or suffering from poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, discrimination, homelessness, debt, unemployment, injustice, or lack of skills or economic opportunity.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Foundation for Islamic Scholarship and Teaching
Education
4
Cambodian Islamic Foundation
Education
5
Chicago Sunni Muslim Society

Community Services, Prayer arrangemrnts, Teachings of Islam and distribution of zakat funds inbetween poor communities.

Religion
6
Rehmat Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Iqair Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Rizad Foundation
—
9
Altaf & Nasreen Godil Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Al Mustafa Charitable Trust
Human Services
11
The Noor Foundation
Philanthropy
12
Dallas Islamic Foundation
Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Al-Furqaan Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kitcc Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GUJARATI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $130,000 · ReligionGUJARATI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAMUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER: $114,500 · ReligionMUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTERISLAMIC OASIS CENTER CO: $13,250 · Religion+1 more: $6,080 · ReligionHuman Necssity Foundation: $37,000 · OtherHuman Necssity FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIMRC: $21,500 · OtherIMRCISNA: $13,000 · OtherISNAMali Relief Fund: $12,900 · OtherMali Relief FundThe Citizens Foundation: $10,000 · OtherWMO of North America: $8,500 · OtherHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $7,000 · Other+26 more: $63,500 · Other+26 moreKITCC FOUNDATION: $40,300 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,500 · Health+1 more: $1,088 · HealthMASJID E RAHMAT: $33,000 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationCHICAGO MEMON ASSOCIATION: $21,000 · PhilanthropyHIDAYA FOUNDATION: $9,000 · PhilanthropyROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 · InternationalGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $12,000 · Food & Nutrition
Religion$263,830Other$203,400Health$46,888Education$33,200Philanthropy$32,000International$27,000Food & Nutrition$12,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGUJARATI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $130,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetMUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER: $114,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetKITCC FOUNDATION: $40,300 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetCHICAGO MEMON ASSOCIATION: $21,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetISLAMIC OASIS CENTER CO: $13,250 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIDAYA FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAL-FURQAAN FOUNDATION: $6,080 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBHC FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,088 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQALAM FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds GUJARATI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds KITCC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MASJID E RAHMAT ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO MEMON ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC OASIS CENTER CO ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds HIDAYA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds AL-FURQAAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds BHC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT R MCCORMICK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

AbbVie FoundationAmerican Muslim Commu…Muslim Community Cent…The Tabbaa FoundationIslamic Food & Nutrit…Darul Sadaqa786National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
AbbVie FoundationIL19.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: AbbVie Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · Muslim Community Center · The Tabbaa Foundation · Islamic Food & Nutrition Council of America · Darul Sadaqa786 · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization AAA Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from AAA Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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