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Penny Appeal USA Inc

We are working to alleviate poverty through sustainable programs and emergency relief.

$3.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$349kReligion$154kHuman Services$121kInternational$83kPhilanthropy$62kHealth$23kScience & Tech$20kEducation$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $43,703, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,276,357 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,232,654 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$6,868
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSLIM WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION$25,000
MASJID ASH SHAHEED$6,868
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF THE WASHINGTON AREA$6,460
ILM FOUNDATION$5,375
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 (FY20–24, $198k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ISLAMIC CENTER OF THE TRIAD: $33k → 16%REFUGEE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $12k → 14%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $18k → 12%MOZAIC: $10k → 4%HELPERS TO GOOD: $10k → 11%ILM FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%ISLAMIC CENTER OF THE TRIAD: $30k → 16%REFUGEE WOMENS NETWORK: $10k → 14%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $13k → 12%ANSAAR-UL-BIRR COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $9k → 11%ISLAMIC CENTER OF THE TRIAD: $16k → 16%BURMESE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY OF GEORGIA: $11k → 14%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $12k → 12%PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $3.1M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Middle East and North Africa$1.6M · 50% · 8 grants

Stated purpose: EMERGENCY RESPONSE; QURBANI · EMERGENCY RESPONSE; FEED OUR WORLD; ORPHANKIND; QURBANI; WINTER RELIEF · WINTER RELIEF

Russia and Neighboring States$694k · 22% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Sub-Saharan Africa$459k · 15% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: EMERGENCY RESPONSE · FEED OUR WORLD; QURBANI

South Asia$407k · 13% · 6 grants

Stated purpose: REGULAR HAND PUMPS AND WELLS · HAND PUMPS & WELLS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; WINTER RELIEF · FIDYAH/KAFFARA; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; WINTER RELIEF; FEED OUR WORLD

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$419k · 12 repeat orgs$416k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
26

Total granted

$419k
$410k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+96%

Still filing today

58%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Human ServicesReligionInternationalHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • IC
    ISLAMIC CENTER OF THE TRIAD REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION COMMUNITY SERVICE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $78k · revenue +72% · 42% of their budget
  • MW
    MUSLIM WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION CORP
    4× · 2021–2024 · $63k · revenue +26%
  • Palestinian American Community Cent
    4× · 2020–2023 · $52k · revenue +171%

Funded once

  • EI
    EVERYONEEATZ INC
    one grant, 2020 · $60k
  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • BI
    BAITULMAAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $45k · revenue ×12
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
Islamic Circle of North America Ga Inc

Charitable and social services

Religion
2
Al-Rahmah Islamic Center Inc

Charitable and social services

Religion
3
Muslim Community Support Services Inc

Religious non profit engagement in social services

Community Improvement
4
Islamic Society of Greater Nashua

religious organization providing religious services

—
5
American Muslim & Multifaith Women

Interfaith Iftar;Ramadan Food drive;Afghan refugee taskforce;Youth panel;Interfaith summit;International ReligiousFreedom Roundtable;Womens Summit;Job Opportunities and

Human Services
6
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
7
Arab American Community Networ

it is to unity the immigrates and give them access to education that will help them get settled and progress

Human Services
8
Muslim Social Services Agency

Social Services

Human Services
9
Masjid Rahmatulilalamen Inc

Religious organization

Religion
10
Chicago Sunni Muslim Society

Community Services, Prayer arrangemrnts, Teachings of Islam and distribution of zakat funds inbetween poor communities.

Religion
11
Muslims of Long Island Inc

To help the people in need

Human Services
12
Asian American Council Servicesinc

To support Low-income families Women Minorities Refugees and Immigrants to excel in life by educating inspiring and empowering them to reach their full potentials and achieve their dreams.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Muslim Women's Organization Corp; the most unlike its peers is Humanitarian African Relief Organization. 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

27 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. 27 of the 40 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVERYONEEATZ INC: $60,000 · OtherEVERYONEEATZ INCIndiana University School of Medicine: $50,000 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineDAR AL-HIJRAH ISLAMIC CENTER: $32,830 · OtherDAR AL-HIJRAH ISLAMIC CENTERISLAMIC CENTER OF DETROIT INC: $27,500 · OtherISLAMIC CENTER OF DETROIT INCEliminate the Digital Divide: $20,000 · OtherEliminate the Digital DivideMASJID ASH SHAHEED: $19,883 · OtherMASJID ASH SHAHEEDISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF RALEIGH: $19,002 · OtherISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF RALEIGHISLAMIC SOCIETY OF THE WASHINGTON AREA: $13,960 · OtherMUSLIM WOMENS ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · OtherSOMEWHERE TO GO: $12,127 · Other+7 more: $51,184 · Other+7 moreISLAMIC CENTER OF THE TRIAD REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION COMMUNITY SERVICE: $77,918 · Human ServicesISLAMIC CENTER OF THE TRIAD…Palestinian American Community Cent: $52,000 · Human ServicesPalestinian American Commun…REFUGEE WOMENS NETWORK INC: $21,875 · Human ServicesREFUGEE WOMENS NETWORK INCHELPERS TO GOOD INC: $19,264 · Human ServicesHELPERS TO GOOD INCBURMESE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY OF GEORGIA INC: $10,900 · Human ServicesBURMESE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY …MOZAIC: $10,350 · Human Services+2 more: $11,755 · Human Services+2 moreMUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY - DC METROPOLITAN AREA: $37,500 · ReligionMUSLIM AMERIC…Muslim American Society Inc: $30,000 · ReligionMuslim Americ…MUSTAFA CENTER INC: $18,000 · ReligionMUSTAFA CENTE…DAR AL TAQWA INCORPORATED: $7,500 · ReligionDAR AL TAQWA …SAHABA INITIATIVE INC: $7,100 · ReligionSAHABA INITIA…BAITULMAAL INC: $45,000 · InternationalBAITULMAAL…HUMANITARIAN AFRICAN RELIEF ORGANIZATION: $20,768 · InternationalHUMANITARI…SYRIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK: $10,000 · InternationalSYRIAN COM…TASHIRAT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalTASHIRAT F…MUSLIM WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION CORP: $62,950 · Community ImprovementMUSLIM WO…RADIANT HANDS INC: $10,085 · Community ImprovementRADIANT H…CORNERSTONE MARRIAGE & FAMILY INTERVENTION: $34,500 · HealthSUDANESE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 · HealthAmerican Muslim Community Foundation: $12,000 · PhilanthropyAMOUD FOUNDATION: $10,950 · Philanthropy
Other$318,986Human Services$204,062Religion$100,100International$80,768Community Improvement$73,035Health$47,000Philanthropy$22,950

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 CENTER OF THE TRIAD REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION COMMUNITY SERVICE: $77,918 over 3y, 42% of budgetMUSLIM WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION CORP: $62,950 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetPalestinian American Community Cent: $52,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetBAITULMAAL INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCORNERSTONE MARRIAGE & FAMILY INTERVENTION: $34,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetREFUGEE WOMENS NETWORK INC: $21,875 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetHUMANITARIAN AFRICAN RELIEF ORGANIZATION: $20,768 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHELPERS TO GOOD INC: $19,264 over 2y, 16% of budgetMUSTAFA CENTER INC: $18,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSUDANESE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Muslim Community Foundation: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMOUD FOUNDATION: $10,950 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBURMESE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY OF GEORGIA INC: $10,900 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetMOZAIC: $10,350 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetRADIANT HANDS INC: $10,085 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMUSLIM COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSYRIAN COMMUNITY NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDAR AL TAQWA INCORPORATED: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAHABA INITIATIVE INC: $7,100 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWAFA HOUSE INC: $6,380 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILM Foundation: $5,375 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetTASHIRAT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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.

Islamic Relief USAGofundmeorgThe Zakat Foundation …American Muslim Commu…Renaissance Charitabl…Analog Devices Founda…The Fountain of Knowl…International Rescue …Texas Instruments Fou…Verizon FoundationTides FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…
Islamic Relief USAVA45.9× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Islamic Relief USA · Gofundmeorg · The Zakat Foundation of America · American Muslim Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Analog Devices Foundation · The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · International Rescue Committee INC · Texas Instruments Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Tides Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 Penny Appeal USA Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Penny Appeal USA Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 51%
  • Wafa House Inc: 51% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Penny Appeal USA Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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 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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