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Lillah Foundation at a glance

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Lillah Foundation

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.

$23k
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Education$185kHealth$101kReligion$30kPhilanthropy$9kArts & Culture$5kInternational$2kCivil Rights$2kHousing & Shelter$100Other$0
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GHARIB FOUNDATION$8,000
OVERSEAS FRIENDS OF ANJUMAN INC$5,000
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA (ISNA)$5,000
BAYAAN ACADEMY$1,000
MASJID AL-RAHMAN ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$1,000
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR)$1,000
INDIAN MUSLIM RELIEF & CHARITIES (IMRC)$1,000
HDF$500
AMERICAN CIVIL DIVERTIRSE INC$50
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 (FY21–21, $135) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $100 → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $35 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
DC
FL
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.

8%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 6 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
21

Total granted

$28k
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+13%

Still filing today

17%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionEducationOther
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

  • NS
    NORTHWEST SUBURBAN COLLEGE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k
  • IS
    ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k
  • MA
    MASJID AL-RAHMAN ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k

Funded once

  • II
    Indian Institute of Islamic Medicine
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • II
    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICIN
    one grant, 2020 · $73k
  • NI
    NAGAMIA INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCES
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
2
International Committee of the Red Cross

The international committee of the red cross (switzerland)(icrc) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and of violence…

International
3
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
4
Islamic Relief Usa

Islamic relief usa provides relief and development in a dignified manner regardless of gender, race, or religion, and works to empower individuals in their communities and give them a voice in the world.

International
5
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc

The middle east media research institute (memri) explores the middle east through its media, providing timely translations from arabic, farsi, urdu, pashtu, and turkish media and publishing original analysis of political, ideological,…

International
6
Rahma Worldwide Aid and Development

Rahma delivers emergency and development programs to needy communities, without discrimination based on gender, race, religion, or location. we aim to empower and develop individuals and communities affected by hardship globally.

International
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
9
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
10
Americares Foundation Inc

Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).

International
11
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
12
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bayaan Academy Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Indian Institute of Islamic Medicine: $100,000 · OtherIndian Institute of Islamic MedicineINDIAN INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICIN: $72,600 · OtherINDIAN INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICINNAGAMIA INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCES (NIIMS): $50,000 · OtherNAGAMIA INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICINE AND SCIENCES (NIIMS)NAGAMIA INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICENE AND SCIENCES (NIIMS): $45,000 · OtherNAGAMIA INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC MEDICENE AND SCIENCES (NIIMS)+18 more: $50,125 · Other+18 moreISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterOVERSEAS FRIENDS OF ANJUMAN INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyISLAMIC CIRCLE OF NORTH AMERIC DBA RISING STARS ISLAMIC SCHOOL: $2,500 · ReligionBAYAAN ACADEMY INC: $2,000 · EducationSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25 · HealthInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $50 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 · International
Other$317,725Public Safety & Disaster$5,000Philanthropy$5,000Religion$2,500Education$2,000Health$325International$150

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 budgetISLAMIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOVERSEAS FRIENDS OF ANJUMAN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetISLAMIC CIRCLE OF NORTH AMERIC DBA RISING STARS ISLAMIC SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAYAAN ACADEMY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATHAN B STUBBLEFIELD FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Lillah Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lillah Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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.

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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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