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Basha Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$491k
Granted FY2022
17
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$580kInternational$91kCivil Rights$71kHealth$70kPublic Benefit$35kHuman Services$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kEducation$28kOther$0
02FY2022 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $168k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$211k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TAYBAH VILLAGE$300,000
MUSLIM UNITY CENTER$22,000
AMERICAN FOR FREE SYRIA$20,000
ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DETR$20,000
BOSNIAN AMERICAN ISLAMIC CENTER$20,000
EMGAGE FOUNDATION INC$20,000
ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF CARY$15,000
AL HUDA FOUNDATION$11,100
RAHMA RELIEF FOUNDATION$10,000
SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCITY$10,000
LIFE FOR RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
MICHIGAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY COUNCIL$5,000
MERCY WITHOUT LIMIT$5,000
ISLAMIC CENTER OF NORTH DETROIT$5,000
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 (FY18–21, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SYRIAN AMERICAN COUNCIL: $5k → 14%MUSLIM FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 8%MUSLIM FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION: $1k → 8%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
KY
WV
MD
NM
KS
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$811k · 21 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +127% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
25

Total granted

$811k
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+127%
+26%

Still filing today

43%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
ReligionInternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MW
    Mercy Without Limits
    3× · 2020–2022 · $34k · revenue +88%
  • EF
    Emgage Foundation Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $30k · revenue +127%
  • WF
    Women for Humanity
    5× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • QF
    QALAM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • A
    AFS
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • AF
    AMERICANS FOR FREE SYRIA
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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 Medicine

International Institute of Islamic Medicine (IIIM) acquires and disseminates knowledge of the rich history of Islamic medicine and fosters its contemporary application

Human Services
2
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
3
Islamic Ummah Relief Corp

Develop long-term developmental projects aimed at providing a sustainable living for poor communities as well as supporting needy widows and orphans

Human Services
4
Chicago Muslim Medical Alliance

Free medical services for the poor needy and elderly.

Education
5
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
6
American Muslim Health Professionals

We are a non-profit organization bringing together and strengthening the impact of Muslim health professionals to improve the health and wellness of all Americans.

Health
7
Muslim Welfare Association

Carry out charitable initiatives that provide essential support and basic necessities to those in need.

Philanthropy
8
Muslim Association of Huntington

The Muslim Association of Huntington is a vibrant and diverse community in West Virginia, uniting Muslims from America and around the world. They promote Islamic values of love, peace, tolerance, and community service, following the…

Religion
9
Imam Abu Hanifa Islamic Center

Religious Organization, to pray and promote the religion, help refugees

Religion
10
Muslim Wellness Foundation

Muslim Wellness Foundation MWF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing and emotional well being in the American Muslim Community through dialogue, education, and training

Civil Rights
11
American Imam Academy

Education

Religion
12
Islamic Association of texas Inc

Provide a peaceful place of prayer for the local community and helping those in need with human essentials.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Muslim Foster Care Association; the most unlike its peers is Qalam Foundation Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 50 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TAYBAH VILLAGE: $310,000 · OtherTAYBAH VILLAGEMUSLIM UNITY CENTER: $64,000 · OtherMUSLIM UNITY CENTERAMERICAN FOR FREE SYRIA: $45,515 · OtherAMERICAN FOR FREE SYRIASYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCITY: $40,082 · OtherSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCITYRAHMA RELIEF FOUNDATION: $33,000 · OtherALHUDA FOUNDATION INC: $23,600 · Other+26 more: $183,261 · Other+26 moreISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DETROIT: $56,550 · ReligionISLAMIC ASSOCI…COUNCIL OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION: $47,807 · ReligionCOUNCIL OF ISL…BOSNIAN AMERICAN ISLAMIC CENTER INC: $20,000 · ReligionBOSNIAN AMERIC…SALEM ISLAMIC CENTER: $5,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionMercy Without Limits: $34,000 · InternationalWomen for Humanity: $11,700 · InternationalMULTIFAITH ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · InternationalLIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,000 · InternationalPURE HANDS INC: $9,650 · InternationalQALAM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNITED CHARITY CO: $2,500 · EducationEmgage Foundation Inc: $30,000 · Public BenefitTHE HOPE FOUNDATION: $11,200 · HealthHealth Unit on Davison Avenue: $400 · HealthMUSLIM FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Human ServicesSyrian American Council: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$699,458Religion$130,357International$75,350Education$32,500Public Benefit$30,000Health$11,600Human Services$11,000

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 budgetCOUNCIL OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION: $47,807 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetMercy Without Limits: $34,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmgage Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBOSNIAN AMERICAN ISLAMIC CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetATLANTIC HUMANITARIAN RELIEF INC: $15,500 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetWomen for Humanity: $11,700 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE HOPE FOUNDATION: $11,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIFAITH ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetLIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPURE HANDS INC: $9,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSLIM FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetMIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALEM ISLAMIC CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FAMILY AND YOUTH INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED CHARITY CO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealth Unit on Davison Avenue: $400 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 ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Without Limits ↗
  • Who funds Emgage Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds QALAM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSNIAN AMERICAN ISLAMIC CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC HUMANITARIAN RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds Women for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MULTIFAITH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds PURE HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MIKVA CHALLENGE GRANT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Syrian American Council ↗
  • Who funds SALEM ISLAMIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY AND YOUTH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CHARITY CO ↗

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.

The Honest FoundationDr Nussri FoundationThe Fountain of Knowl…The Tabbaa FoundationAmerican Muslim Commu…The Al-Ameri Foundati…The Arif FoundationThe Kashlan FoundationSayed FoundationThe Abu Akeel Foundat…The Symn FoundationThe Gayar Foundation
The Honest FoundationMI24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Honest Foundation · Dr Nussri Foundation · The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · The Al-Ameri Foundation · The Arif Foundation · The Kashlan Foundation · Sayed Foundation · The Abu Akeel Foundation · The Symn Foundation · The Gayar Foundation

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 Basha Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Basha Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Basha Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Basha Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 50 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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