Michigan · Private foundation
Ali and Nihaya Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ali and Nihaya Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $85k | 61% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $22k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $24k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $17k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $12k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $21k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Blanc Islamic Center | $210,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $12,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hurley Foundation | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Direct Relief | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| McLaren Flint Foundation | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Blanc Islamic Center | $210,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $12,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Donorschooseorg | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hurley Foundation | $1,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Direct Relief | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Memorial Healthcare Foundation | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| McLaren Flint Foundation | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Room to Read | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Mott Community College | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sylvester Broome Empowerment Village | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society of Nephrology | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alternatives for Girls | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ali and Nihaya Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Ali and Nihaya Foundation
- How much does Ali and Nihaya Foundation give?
- Ali and Nihaya Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $84,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ali and Nihaya Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (85%), Education (8%), Health (3%).
- Who are Ali and Nihaya Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grand Blanc Islamic Center ($210k), Regents of the University of Michigan ($12k), Donorschooseorg ($2k).
- Does Ali and Nihaya Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ali and Nihaya Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ali and Nihaya Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ali and Nihaya Foundation based?
- Ali and Nihaya Foundation is based in MI.
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