Massachusetts · Public charity
Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts
Religious/charitable
- $86k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $26k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $64k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $69k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc | $117,340 | 5 | 0% |
| Baitulmaal Inc | $57,655 | 4 | 0% |
| Islamic Relief USA | $24,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc | $19,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Indian Muslim Relief and Charities | $13,993 | 1 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $12,277 | 2 | 0% |
| Watan Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrian Emergency Task Force | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Syrian American Medical Society Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alhuda Academy Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc | $117,340 | 5 | 0% |
| Baitulmaal Inc | $57,655 | 4 | 0% |
| Islamic Relief USA | $24,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc | $19,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Indian Muslim Relief and Charities | $13,993 | 1 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $12,277 | 2 | 0% |
| Watan Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrian Emergency Task Force | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Syrian American Medical Society Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alhuda Academy Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yaakaar Inc | $6,062 | 1 | n/a |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madina Academy Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts with peer funders
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About Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts
- How much does Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts give?
- Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts reported 3 itemized grants totaling $26,062, out of $85,877 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (57%), Human Services (34%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
- Who are Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc ($117k), Baitulmaal Inc ($58k), Islamic Relief USA ($24k).
- Does Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts based?
- Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts is based in MA.
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