Michigan · Private foundation
Sayed 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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Sayed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $65k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $133k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $44k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $41k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $50k | 69% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $33k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $46k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnian American Islamic Center Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Faseelah Charity | $65,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Women for Humanity | $32,900 | 7 | 4% |
| Health Unit on Davison Avenue | $23,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Syrian American Medical Society | $20,713 | 3 | 3% |
| Syrian American Rescue Network | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Arab American Medical Association | $9,500 | 1 | 1% |
| MedGlobal Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakepoint Community Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnian American Islamic Center Inc | $75,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Faseelah Charity | $65,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Women for Humanity | $32,900 | 7 | 4% |
| Health Unit on Davison Avenue | $23,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Syrian American Medical Society | $20,713 | 3 | 3% |
| Syrian American Rescue Network | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Arab American Medical Association | $9,500 | 1 | 1% |
| MedGlobal Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakepoint Community Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jusoor | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Human Rights Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fraternite Notre Dame Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wichita Community Gardens Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($201k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sayed Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Honest Foundation · Dr Nussri Foundation · Basha Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · The Kashlan Foundation · The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sayed Foundation
- How much does Sayed Foundation give?
- Sayed Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $64,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sayed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (45%), International (25%), Health (14%).
- Who are Sayed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bosnian American Islamic Center Inc ($75k), Faseelah Charity ($66k), Women for Humanity ($33k).
- Does Sayed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sayed Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sayed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Honest Foundation, Dr Nussri Foundation, Basha Foundation.
- Where is Sayed Foundation based?
- Sayed Foundation is based in MI.
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