· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $1.7M
- $250k+6 grants · $4.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INSTITUTE OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION | $1,378,388 |
| IIUM | $1,114,282 |
| LONDON RICHMOND HOUSE | $920,159 |
| INTL INST OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT JORDAN | $500,000 |
| ZAHAWI CENTER FOR INTELLECTUAL STUD | $370,000 |
| ISLAMIC EDUCATION TRUST | $300,000 |
| ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY | $240,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $227,650 |
| BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT | $200,000 |
| ADVANCED STUDIES RESEARCH CENTER | $200,000 |
| CENTAR ZA MPAREDNE STUDIJE UDRUZENJ | $200,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $189,000 |
| ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER PRIVE | $180,000 |
| MOROCCAN CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDIES & RESERCH (CMERE) | $171,700 |
| WEST AFRICA AEMS SARL | $60,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 67% of grant dollars ($13M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 33% that went abroad ($6.4M) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 16% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 33% of all-years giving ($6.4M)
15 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY3× · 2017–2019 · $1.3M · revenue +47%- UPUNITY PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +20% · 34% of their budget
- HIHARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE5× · 2017–2021 · $368k · revenue +71%
Funded once
- COCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OKLA INCone grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -54%
- DCDIYANET CENTER OF AMERICAone grant, 2023 · $50k
- IFIKRAM FOUNDATION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF MUSLIM WOMENone grant, 2017 · $47k · revenue -50%
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.
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.
Education
Human Rights Project
To support the betterment of our society through a balanced, moderate, and authentic islamic education.
Educate the chicago community in particular and the american community in general in arabic and islamic studies
Providing students with islamic education using interactive methods and cutting edge online technology.
The mission of alim academey / muslim community school is to produce well educated, moral, confident and innovative global citizens. the school is committed to academic excellence and islamic values; and strives to develop these in a safe,…
The foundation fosters and promote the development, knowledge and advancement of education of the teachings of the islamic religion throughout the world
International Institute of Islamic Medicine (IIIM) acquires and disseminates knowledge of the rich history of Islamic medicine and fosters its contemporary application
Unity academy of chicago provides its students with an education that instills a lifelong love for learning and excellence. our students are taught to view and understand the world through the light of the glorious quran and the teachings…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 56 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 YORK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNITY PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR RELIGION AND PEACE ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS OKLA INC ↗
- Who funds IKRAM FOUNDATION FOR EMPOWERMENT OF MUSLIM WOMEN ↗
- Who funds MUSLIM EDUCATION RESOURCE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds CORDOBA HOUSE ↗
- Who funds GREATER HERNDON LODGE 64 FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ↗
- Who funds Mercy Without Limits ↗
- Who funds CAIR-FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SYRIAN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LEGACY INTERNATIONAL ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE ISLAMIC SEMINARY OF AMERICA ↗
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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