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Elias & Sultana Foundation at a glance

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Elias & Sultana 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.

$273k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$96kFood & Nutrition$43kHealth$31kInternational$30kEducation$25kHuman Services$9kPhilanthropy$5kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $91k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $142k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV OF PENN$75,000
PEABODY HEALTH PHILANTHROPIES$66,904
COMMUNITY COMPASSION USA$27,500
ST CLOUD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
QURAN FOUNDATION$15,000
DAR-AL TAQWA$12,000
Individual grant recipient$11,500
FIRST FRUITS FARM$8,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
PORT WASHINGTON MASJID$6,000
Individual grant recipient$4,481
Individual grant recipient$3,000
MUSLIM FAMILY CENTER$3,000
JAMAICAN WOMEN OF FLORIDA$2,500
AMERICAN MUSLIM CENTER$2,000
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 (FY23–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%ASHIYANAA: $2k → 8%EXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $2k → 11%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.
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$263k · 9 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
25

Total granted

$263k
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
0%

Still filing today

56%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionInternationalFood & NutritionArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • CC
    COMMUNITY COMPASSION USA
    4× · 2022–2025 · $58k · revenue +82%
  • AA
    AL ANSAR SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $37k · revenue +45%
  • DA
    DAR AL TAQWA INCORPORATED
    4× · 2022–2025 · $33k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • HA
    HUMAN APPEAL
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • PA
    PENNY APPEAL USA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -19%
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
Muslims of Long Island Inc

To help the people in need

Human Services
2
Bangladesh American Society of Muslim Aid for Huma
Philanthropy
3
Montgomery County Muslim Found

Conduct monthly food drive, feed the homeless,back to school programs, thankgiving gift basket,senior programs and other charitable causes

Human Services
4
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
5
Darul Arqam
Religion
6
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
7
Mohammadia Center of Northern Virginia Inc

Provides religious, educational, and charitable services, daily prayer services, Islamic education programs for children & adults and community outreach activities promoting cultural understanding and social welfare.

Religion
8
Tristate Bab-Ul-Ilm Islamic Center Delawre Inc

Religious services for the momeneen in Delaware and neighboring areas.

Religion
9
Ikmia Inc

Mosque

Human Services
10
Al Ansaar Foundation for Humanity
Philanthropy
11
Foundation for Islamic Scholarship and Teaching
Education
12
Muslim Community Center of New York Inc

Charitable social service providing food,education and charity to the needy.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Al Ansar Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Peabody Health Philanthropies. 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

17 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. 17 of the 45 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)
16/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST CLOUD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherST CLOUD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $11,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientQURANCOM: $10,000 · OtherQURANCOMARAFA ISLAMIC CENTER: $10,000 · OtherARAFA ISLAMIC CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $9,379 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientROBERT W COLEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherAL-HUDA INC: $7,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: $6,037 · Other+17 more: $44,500 · Other+17 moreAL ANSAR SOCIETY INC: $36,500 · ReligionAL ANSAR SOCIETY INCDAR AL TAQWA INCORPORATED: $33,000 · ReligionDAR AL TAQWA INCORPOR…Quran Foundation Inc: $15,000 · ReligionQuran Foundation IncAMERICAN MUSLIM CENTER INC: $12,000 · ReligionAMERICAN MUSLIM CENTE…PORT WASHINGTON MASJID INC: $6,000 · ReligionPORT WASHINGTON MASJI…+1 more: $2,000 · ReligionPEABODY HEALTH PHILANTHROPIES: $97,878 · HealthPEABODY HEALTH PHILA…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY COMPASSION USA: $57,500 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY COM…FIRST FRUITS FARM INC: $8,500 · Food & NutritionFIRST FRUITS …HUMAN APPEAL: $20,000 · InternationalPENNY APPEAL USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalThe Cro Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureJAMAICAN WOMEN OF FLORIDA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureASHIYANAA INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesEXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $1,500 · Human Services
Other$157,416Religion$104,500Health$97,878Education$76,000Food & Nutrition$66,000International$30,000Arts & Culture$7,500Human Services$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPEABODY HEALTH PHILANTHROPIES: $97,878 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COMPASSION USA: $57,500 over 4y, 19% of budgetAL ANSAR SOCIETY INC: $36,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetDAR AL TAQWA INCORPORATED: $33,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHUMAN APPEAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN MUSLIM CENTER INC: $12,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPENNY APPEAL USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cro Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetJAMAICAN WOMEN OF FLORIDA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMASJID MISSION CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetASHIYANAA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS: $1,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMaryland Bangla-Islamic School Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 5.0% 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 PEABODY HEALTH PHILANTHROPIES ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COMPASSION USA ↗
  • Who funds AL ANSAR SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds DAR AL TAQWA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN APPEAL ↗
  • Who funds Quran Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MUSLIM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNY APPEAL USA INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST FRUITS FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds PORT WASHINGTON MASJID INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cro Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JAMAICAN WOMEN OF FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds MASJID MISSION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ASHIYANAA INC ↗
  • Who funds EXTRA-ORDINARY BIRTHDAYS ↗
  • Who funds Maryland Bangla-Islamic School Inc ↗

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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Elias & Sultana Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elias & Sultana Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%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
    5get no government money at all
    1report 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, FY20–24
    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 Elias & Sultana Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Elias & Sultana 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 45 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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