· Private foundation
Saya 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $50k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $282k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $457k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER | $214,750 |
| THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION | $192,034 |
| NEW HORIZON SCHOOL WESTSIDE | $50,000 |
| VARIOUS DONATIONS LESS THAN 5000 | $44,422 |
| MPAC FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| THE WOODDROW WILSON CENTER | $30,000 |
| WORLD MEMON ORGANIZATION USA INC | $20,000 |
| SHAHID AFRIDI FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| ISLAMIC CENTER OF SOUTHERN CAL | $11,650 |
| DEVELOPMENT-IN-LITERACY | $10,500 |
| NEW HORIZON SCHOOL LA | $10,000 |
| ISLAMIC CENTER OF HAWTHORNE | $10,000 |
| ANERA | $10,000 |
| ZINDAGI TRUST INC | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +79% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $310k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NHNEW HORIZON SCHOOL WESTSIDE8× · 2017–2024 · $377k · revenue +46%
- TJTHE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL5× · 2017–2021 · $75k · revenue +81%
- TATHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC6× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- UOUBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION FUNDone grant, 2021 · $100k
- RCRAHMA CENTERone grant, 2023 · $25k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $25k
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.
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.
Our mission is to provide an excellent islamic & academic education within an islamic environment to produce well rounded muslims and strong leaders.we seek to promote safe,caring, supportive environment where kids can attain them to…
Zaytuna college aims to educate and prepare morally committed professional, intellectual, and spiritual leaders, who are grounded in the islamic scholarly tradition and conversant with the cultural currents and critical ideas shaping…
The mission of alim academey / muslim community school is to produce well educated, moral, confident and innovative global citizens. the school is committed to academic excellence and islamic values; and strives to develop these in a safe,…
None
Charitable, Religious and Educational
Ummah relief international is a dedicated grassroots relief organization providing humanitarian services to bring help and hope to thousands of victims of natural and human disasters with quick and targeted action.
Islamic Scholarship Fund's mission is to support American Muslim storytelling & increase representation in fields & occupations that make public policy & influence public opinion by providing scholarships, internships, fellowships, film…
Education of children.
New horizon is committed to providing students with an excellent academic education and firm grounding in moral and ethical values. new horizon fosters a dedication to god through virtuous living in a progressive islamic environment.
New Medina is a private educational institution comprised of both primary (Kindergarten through 5th grade) and secondary (6th through 12th grade) class levels. Our primary class levels offer a child-centered structure that fosters each…
Our mission to develop young Muslim leaders and communal platforms that address the social, emotional and mental wellbeing of our communities
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NEW HORIZON SCHOOL WESTSIDE ↗
- Who funds THE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Southern California School Of Theology ↗
- Who funds THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID ↗
- Who funds MEMON ORGANIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA ↗
- Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NISWA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES NOW EMPOWERING HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY MUSLIM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Zindagi Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds Emgage Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Shahid Afridi Foundation ↗
- Who funds United Mission For Relief & Development ↗
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: The Al-Ameen Foundation · Boukai Family Foundation · Ayesha Omar Khadbai Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · Islamic Relief USA · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Saya Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saya Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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