California · Private foundation
Barakah 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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Barakah Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $68k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $36k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $14k | n/a |
94% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Religion$106kHousing & Shelter$9kHuman Services$3kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islah La | $3,250 | 1 | 0% |
| New Beginnings Sober Living Foundation | $1,300 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
About Barakah Foundation
- How much does Barakah Foundation give?
- Barakah Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $68,003 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Barakah Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (90%), Housing & Shelter (7%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Barakah Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Islah La ($3k), New Beginnings Sober Living Foundation ($1k).
- Does Barakah Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Barakah 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.
- Where is Barakah Foundation based?
- Barakah Foundation is based in CA.
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