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Mindsunlimited 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.

$32k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$127kReligion$57kEducation$31kHuman Services$16kHealth$16kCivil Rights$12kCommunity Improvement$6kPhilanthropy$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$30k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA$8,665
MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM$6,283
TAJ AND ZAKIR SYED$5,000
MIDDLE EASTERN CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE$3,500
FOLSOM EDUCATION AL ACADEMY$3,000
COUNCIL ON AMERICA-ISLAMIC RELATION$1,500
GHS ACADEMY$1,000
PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC$1,000
TARIBYA INSTITUTE$600
SALAM CENTER$521
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION$500
TEAM4TECH$500
GBH BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION$200
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TARIBYA INSTITUTE: $7k → 6%GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL: $7k → 8%COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIO: $5k → 11%CAIR: $5k → 12%UNITED HANDS RELIEF: $2k → 11%AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%UNITED HANDS: $10k → 16%LAUNCHGOOD: $6k → 21%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC: $13k → 5%SAMS: $7k → 19%HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PA: $2k → 6%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $15k → 9%TARIBYA INSTITUTE: $2k → 6%GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL: $3k → 8%MIDDLE EASTERN CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $4k → 10%COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIO: $3k → 11%CAIR: $5k → 12%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $2k → 17%UNITED HANDS RELIEF: $2k → 11%SAMS: $2k → 14%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC: $3k → 5%SAMS: $5k → 19%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $9k → 9%GHS ACADEMY: $2k → 8%COUNCIL ON AMERICA-ISLAMIC RELATION: $2k → 11%MASJID AL FAROOQ: $2k → 12%SAMS: $2k → 14%ZAKAT FOUDNAITON OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $9k → 9%MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM: $6k → 12%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $8k → 9%FOLSOM EDUCATION AL ACADEMY: $5k → 12%AMIDEAST: $10k → 14%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $7k → 9%FOLSOM EDUCATION AL ACADEMY: $3k → 12%AMIDEAST: $10k → 14%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $5k → 9%FOLSOM EDUCATION AL ACADEMY: $3k → 12%AMIDWAST: $3k → 14%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $4k → 9%MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM: $3k → 12%ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $3k → 9%MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM: $3k → 12%MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM: $3k → 12%FOLSOM EDUCATION AL ACADEMY: $2k → 12%TAJ AND ZAKIR SYED: $5k → 12%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
OH
PA
CA
VA
MD
KS
DC
AL
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$246k · 20 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +124% since the first grant, against +97% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
15

Total granted

$246k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+124%
+97%

Still filing today

50%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationReligionMembership BenefitPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • IR
    ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +2%
  • PA
    PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue ×14
  • FE
    FOLSOM EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $16k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • UH
    UNITED HANDSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +74%
  • L
    LAUNCHGOOD
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • GS
    GREATER SACRAMENTO MUSLIM CEMETERY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -33%
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
Muslim Aid America

Provide help to people who are victims of natural disasters or conflicts or suffering from poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, discrimination, homelessness, debt, unemployment, injustice, or lack of skills or economic opportunity.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
International Institute of Islamic Medicine

International Institute of Islamic Medicine (IIIM) acquires and disseminates knowledge of the rich history of Islamic medicine and fosters its contemporary application

Human Services
3
Islamic Medical Association of North America

Imana fosters health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance in communities around the world through direct patient care, health programs, and advocacy.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Islamic Ummah Relief Corp

Develop long-term developmental projects aimed at providing a sustainable living for poor communities as well as supporting needy widows and orphans

Human Services
5
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
6
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
7
Al Ansaar Foundation for Humanity
Philanthropy
8
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Aifd's mission is to advocate for the preservation of the founding principles of our u.s. constitution, liberty, and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. public engagement program provides education to the general public on…

International
9
Zakah Aid and Charity Assisting Humanity

Zakat, aid and charity assisting humanity (zacah) is a minnesota-based grassroots organization dedicated to the collection and re-distribution of wealth, including zakat (mandatory charitable tax for all muslims) and sadaqah (any…

Religion
10
United Humanitarian Foundation

To provide humanitarian relief and programs to help, assist, and empower citizens in their communities for sustainability and human development.

Human Services
11
Bangladesh American Society of Muslim Aid for Huma
Philanthropy
12
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baitulmaal Inc; the most unlike its peers is Folsom Educational Academy. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $58,872 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF USAAMIDEAST: $22,500 · InternationalAMIDEASTPALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $19,265 · InternationalPALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONBAITULMAAL INC: $10,444 · InternationalBAITULMAAL INC+3 more: $4,600 · InternationalBAITULMAALORG: $17,885 · OtherBAITULMAALORGTARIBYA INSTITUTE: $15,900 · OtherTARIBYA INSTITUTESAMS: $15,800 · OtherSAMSCAIR: $11,000 · OtherCAIRGOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL: $10,350 · OtherGOLDEN HILLS SCHOOLLAUNCHGOOD: $5,650 · OtherTAJ AND ZAKIR SYED: $5,000 · OtherTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $4,950 · Other+17 more: $21,803 · Other+17 moreFOLSOM EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY: $15,690 · EducationFOLSOM EDUC…UNITED HANDS: $9,750 · EducationUNITED HAND…GHS ACADEMY GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL: $4,000 · EducationGHS ACADEMY…MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM: $16,366 · ReligionCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA: $7,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican Muslim Community Foundation: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $109 · PhilanthropyGREATER SACRAMENTO MUSLIM CEMETERY: $5,000 · Membership BenefitTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 · Health
International$115,681Other$108,338Education$29,440Religion$16,366Arts & Culture$7,500Philanthropy$5,609Membership Benefit$5,000Health$100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $58,872 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMIDEAST: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $19,265 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOLSOM EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY: $15,690 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBAITULMAAL INC: $10,444 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HANDS: $9,750 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER SACRAMENTO MUSLIM CEMETERY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $4,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGHS ACADEMY GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Hands Relief Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $3,104 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Muslim Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMOUD FOUNDATION: $109 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $100 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.

  • Who funds ISLAMIC RELIEF USA ↗
  • Who funds AMIDEAST ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF FOLSOM ↗
  • Who funds FOLSOM EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BAITULMAAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED HANDS ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds GREATER SACRAMENTO MUSLIM CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GHS ACADEMY GOLDEN HILLS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds United Hands Relief Inc ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds American Muslim Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMOUD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗

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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Bright Funds Foundati…American Muslim Commu…Renaissance Charitabl…Verizon FoundationThe Tabbaa FoundationDaffy Charitable FundThe Pfizer Foundation…United Way WorldwideCharities Aid Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Blackbaud Giving …
Texas Instruments FoundationTX17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · Daffy Charitable Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Mindsunlimited Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mindsunlimited Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%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
    2get no government money at all
    3report 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, FY20–25
    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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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