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Saif and Lubna Foundation at a glance

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Saif and Lubna Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$253k
Granted FY2025still arriving
59
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0178% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$515kReligion$361kInternational$128kSocial Science$112kCivil Rights$85kHealth$55kHuman Services$50kPhilanthropy$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k51 grants · $146k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $107k
$3,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPIC$27,000
Center for south asian studies$15,500
Alansar Society$13,500
Masjid Al Islam$11,000
IMRC$10,100
SEED$10,000
Muslim aid USA$10,000
The Islamic Seminary of America$10,000
Rahbar Foundation$8,000
The Islamic Seminary of America$8,000
Equallyable$6,000
Pure Hands$6,000
Islamic association of North$5,000
IDEA$5,000
Irving Islamic center$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Helping Hand for Relief & Development: $2k → 8%CAIR WASHINGTON: $1k → 9%Indian Muslim Relief and Chariti: $29k → 8%AMEL Foundation: $5k → 11%INDIAN MUSLIM RELIEF AND CHARITY: $7k → 8%Indian Muslim Relief & Charities: $2k → 8%Indian Muslim Relief and Chariti: $720 → 8%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
IN
NJ
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
HI
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$971k · 57 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
85

Total granted

$971k
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

47%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • AA
    AL ANSAR SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +112%
  • TI
    THE ISLAMIC SEMINARY OF AMERICA
    4× · 2021–2025 · $41k · revenue +22%
  • RF
    RAHBAR FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $39k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • AS
    Arizona state university
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
  • VO
    Various Orgs via Checks
    one grant, 2023 · $262k
  • CF
    Center for south asian
    one grant, 2024 · $43k
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
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
2
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
3
Bangladesh American Society of Muslim Aid for Huma
Philanthropy
4
Al Ansaar Foundation for Humanity
Philanthropy
5
Cambodian Islamic Foundation
Education
6
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
7
Wisdom Islamic Studies and Education Inc
Religion
8
Tvislaamaa

To spread islamic values to the globe through media

Arts & Culture
9
Minaret of Freedom Institute

Our mission is to our mission is to counter distortions and misconceptions about Islamic beliefs and practice to demonstrate the Islamic origins of modern values like the rule of law and sciences like market economics to advance the status…

Health
10
Foundation for Islamic Scholarship and Teaching
Education
11
Dallas Islamic Foundation
Religion
12
Muslim Response Usa for Relief and Development

To provide material and financial assistance to relieve the sufferings of any and all persons affected by disasters. conflicts, disease. and hunger, irrespective of race. creed or ethnicity. To support schools and other learning centers…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Al-Furqaan Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Al-Mumin Mosque. 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

48 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. 48 of the 162 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
31/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Arizona state university: $500,000 · OtherArizona state universityVarious Orgs via Checks: $261,850 · OtherVarious Orgs via ChecksCENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES: $105,600 · OtherCENTER FOR SOUTH ASIAN STUDIESEPIC: $78,600 · OtherEAST PLANO ISLAMIC CENTER: $73,500 · Other+119 more: $675,350 · Other+119 moreAL ANSAR SOCIETY INC: $41,500 · ReligionTHE SEED: $30,000 · ReligionISLAMINSPANISH INC ISLAMINSPANISH INC: $16,500 · ReligionCenter On South Asian Studies: $6,000 · ReligionOJALA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · ReligionIHYA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Religion+6 more: $8,080 · ReligionPURE HANDS INC: $24,140 · InternationalOBAT HELPERS INC: $12,000 · InternationalBAITULMAAL INC: $9,000 · InternationalSUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 · InternationalHuman Development Fund: $5,000 · InternationalAfrica Relief and Community Development: $5,000 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $5,000 · InternationalSABRINA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · International+4 more: $3,250 · InternationalIndian Muslim Relief and Charities: $38,120 · Human ServicesEQUALLYABLE FOUNDATION: $10,500 · Human ServicesAMEL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS MUSLIM WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE ISLAMIC SEMINARY OF AMERICA: $41,000 · EducationHELPING BLIND PEOPLE INC: $14,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationIndian American Muslim Council: $32,000 · Arts & CultureUS-INDIA POLICY INSTITUTE: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureRAHBAR FOUNDATION INC: $39,200 · PhilanthropyHIDAYA FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,694,900Religion$112,080International$72,390Human Services$58,120Education$56,500Arts & Culture$47,500Philanthropy$43,200

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 budgetAL ANSAR SOCIETY INC: $41,500 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetTHE ISLAMIC SEMINARY OF AMERICA: $41,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetRAHBAR FOUNDATION INC: $39,200 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetIndian Muslim Relief and Charities: $38,120 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMUSLIM AID AMERICA: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIndian American Muslim Council: $32,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE SEED: $30,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetPURE HANDS INC: $24,140 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMINSPANISH INC ISLAMINSPANISH INC: $16,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUS-INDIA POLICY INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHELPING BLIND PEOPLE INC: $14,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetOBAT HELPERS INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEQUALLYABLE FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBAITULMAAL INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANABIL FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRISE RELIEF INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMEL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAfrica Relief and Community Development: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOJALA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIDAYA FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSABRINA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJUSTICE FOR ALL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAL FURQAN: $2,080 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAL-MUMIN MOSQUE: $2,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTEXAS MUSLIM WOMENS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZaytuna College Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNASIM FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCouncil On American-Islamic Relations: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMusaadah Charity: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARUF INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCAIR TEXAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL SOCIAL CULTURAL ORGANIZATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITY ISLAMIC CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 AL ANSAR SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ISLAMIC SEMINARY OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds RAHBAR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Indian Muslim Relief and Charities ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM AID AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Indian American Muslim Council ↗
  • Who funds THE SEED ↗
  • Who funds PURE HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMINSPANISH INC ISLAMINSPANISH INC ↗
  • Who funds US-INDIA POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HELPING BLIND PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds OBAT HELPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUALLYABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BAITULMAAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SANABIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RISE RELIEF INC ↗

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 Muslim Commu…Tabani Family Foundat…Texas Instruments Fou…The Tabbaa FoundationM B Ahmed Family Foun…Amin & Rubina Chikhal…Darul Sadaqa786Sahara FoundationNakadar FoundationMuslim Community Cent…Noor Munshi FoundationThe Arif Foundation
American Muslim Community FoundationCA34× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Muslim Community Foundation · Tabani Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · M B Ahmed Family Foundation · Amin & Rubina Chikhalia Foundation · Darul Sadaqa786 · Sahara Foundation · Nakadar Foundation · Muslim Community Center · Noor Munshi Foundation · The Arif 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 Saif and Lubna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saif and Lubna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Saif and Lubna Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Saif and Lubna Foundation 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 162 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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