Does International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute 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 International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sterling Charitable Gift Fund, Barzinji Family Foundation, American Muslim Community Foundation.

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International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute

IIIT IS DEDICATED TO THE REVIVAL AND REFORM OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND ITS METHODOLOGY IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE UMMAH TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH PRESENT CHALLENGES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRESS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION IN WAYS THAT WILL GIVE IT MEANING AND DIRECTION. Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not…

$6.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 20
Grants FY2024: 10
Organizations funded FY2023: 60%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $200,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $1,378,388
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 13; FY2017 to FY2023
Total assets, FY2024: $1.0M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyCivil RightsReligionOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	20	$6.4M	100%
FY2023	10	$3.2M	60%
FY2022	7	$3.2M	57%
FY2021	8	$3.6M	25%
FY2020	13	$252k	77%
FY2019	6	$354k	50%
FY2018	5	$390k	60%
FY2017	8	$2.0M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$9.0MPhilanthropy$6.0MReligion$2.5MHuman Services$1.5MInternational$120kCivil Rights$100kYouth Development$10kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
York Foundation	$9,500,000	3	43%
Georgetown University	$1,250,000	3	0%
Unity Productions Foundation	$1,025,000	2	34%
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace	$367,869	5	3%
Islamic Society of North America Inc	$146,500	4	n/a
Council on American Islamic Relations Okla Inc	$75,000	1	13%
Ikram Foundation for Empowerment of Muslim Women	$47,073	1	n/a
Muslim Education Resource Council Inc	$40,000	2	1%
Cordoba House	$32,776	1	4%
Greater Herndon Lodge 64 Fraternal Order of Police	$29,000	4	5%

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All grantees of International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
York Foundation	$9,500,000	3	43%
Georgetown University	$1,250,000	3	0%
Unity Productions Foundation	$1,025,000	2	34%
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace	$367,869	5	3%
Islamic Society of North America Inc	$146,500	4	n/a
Council on American Islamic Relations Okla Inc	$75,000	1	13%
Ikram Foundation for Empowerment of Muslim Women	$47,073	1	n/a
Muslim Education Resource Council Inc	$40,000	2	1%
Cordoba House	$32,776	1	4%
Greater Herndon Lodge 64 Fraternal Order of Police	$29,000	4	5%
Center on Muslim Philanthropy	$26,000	1	n/a
Mercy Without Limits	$25,000	1	0%
Cair-Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Syrian Emergency Task Force	$25,000	1	7%
Universal School	$20,000	1	0%
Legacy International Online High School	$20,000	2	7%
Quality Education Development Inc	$15,000	2	n/a
The Islamic Seminary of America	$15,000	1	3%
George Mason University	$12,004	1	n/a
Islamic Schools League of America	$11,750	1	12%
Institute for Social Policy and Understanding	$10,000	1	1%
Institute for Youth Development and Excellence	$10,000	1	n/a
Islamic Education Foundation O	$10,000	1	n/a
Nashville International Academy	$10,000	1	1%
Inge Benevolent Ministries	$10,000	1	n/a
National Arab American Women Association	$10,000	2	n/a
Imam Alkisai Institute of America	$7,500	1	2%
The Howard University	$6,500	1	0%
University of Chicago	$5,056	1	0%

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.5M), not named here.

International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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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.

Sterling Charitable Gift FundVA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sterling Charitable Gift Fund · Barzinji Family Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · York Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

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About International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute

How much does International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute give?: International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute reported 20 grants totaling $6,371,196 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Philanthropy (31%), Religion (13%).
Who are International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: York Foundation ($9.5M), Georgetown University ($1.3M), Unity Productions Foundation ($1.0M).
Does International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute 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 International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sterling Charitable Gift Fund, Barzinji Family Foundation, American Muslim Community Foundation.
Where is International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute based?: International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute is based in VA.