Massachusetts · Private foundation
Bismillah Charitable Trust
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.
- $59k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $110k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Bismillah Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $57k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $29k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Association for UNHCR | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Museum of Science | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hello Future Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Citizens Foundation USA | $9,528 | 2 | 0% |
| The American India Foundation | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bentley University | $2,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $2,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Mosaic Interfaith Youth Action Inc | $2,258 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
About Bismillah Charitable Trust
- How much does Bismillah Charitable Trust give?
- Bismillah Charitable Trust reported 5 grants totaling $59,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bismillah Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (56%), Religion (13%), Education (10%).
- Who are Bismillah Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: United States Association for UNHCR ($105k), Museum of Science ($16k), Hello Future Inc ($15k).
- Does Bismillah Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bismillah Charitable Trust 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 Bismillah Charitable Trust based?
- Bismillah Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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