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Sehar Saleha Ahmad & Abrahim Ekrammullah Zafar Foundation at a glance

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Sehar Saleha Ahmad & Abrahim Ekrammullah Zafar 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.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$55kEducation$34kHuman Services$6kInternational$3kHealth$2kArts & Culture$1kYouth Development$800Food & Nutrition$400Other$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150
Median grant
8
States reached
$354k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM INC$7,800
ABS CBN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL$1,000
South Asian Folk Art$1,000
Medecins Sans Frontiers USA Inc$525
Hunger Fighters Oregon$300
Oregon Health and Science Universit$200
Oregon Public Broadcasting$200
Library Foundation Inc Serving the$150
OES Gift Fund$150
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital$100
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cen$100
American Indian College Fund$100
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundat$100
Union Gospel Mission$80
Individual grant recipient$50
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ASIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN CENTERS IN: $2k → 12%ASIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN CENTERS IN: $2k → 12%ASIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN CENTERS IN: $2k → 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

WA
NY
OR
CA
CO
KY
MD
TN
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$100k · 15 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
9

Total granted

$100k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+26%

Still filing today

40%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthInternationalEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AW
    Asian Women and Childrens Centers Inc
    3× · 2018–2021 · $6k · revenue +154%
  • AC
    ABS CBN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL
    2× · 2022–2024 · $2k · revenue +2%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • SM
    SOPHIA MAHMOOD ALI FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • AI
    ANKUR INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue -40%
  • CI
    COOL ISLAM CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +10%
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
Project Orbis International Inc

Orbis builds strong and sustainable eye care systems globally that put treatment and prevention within reach

International
2
Providence Portland Medical Foundation

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

Health
3
Fajr Scientific

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

Science & Tech
4
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
5
Asante Foundation

The asante foundation's primary exempt purpose is to raise monies and in-kind donations to further the exempt purpose of asante, a 501(c)(3) hospital and healthcare system which services the healthcare needs of the citizens of southern…

Health
6
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
7
Oregon Medical Education Foundation

To do our part for a stronger and healthier oregon by supporting and encouraging students along their personal continuums of medical education.continued on schedule o.oregon medical education foundation (omef) also strives to be good…

Education
8
Sankara Eye Foundation Usa

To work towards eradicating curable blindness all over india. our key program is vision 20/20 - with the goal of performing 500,000 free surgeries per year throughout india. we have been primarily partnering with sankara eye foundation in…

Health
9
Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation

Doernbecher children's hospital foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1924 that exists to secure private philanthropic support for doernbecher children's hospital.

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10
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
11
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
12
Agricultural Research Foundation

Our mission is to encourage facilitate support and engage in scientific investigation and research experimentation and to advance educational and training activities related to agriculture and natural resources throughout the state of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Providence St Vincent Medical Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ankur International. 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

16 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. 16 of the 29 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
14/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM INC: $53,088 · OtherAHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM INCOSAC: $22,133 · OtherOSACTHE GUARDIAN GYM: $12,000 · OtherTHE GUARDIAN GYM+15 more: $5,511 · Other+15 moreAsian Women and Childrens Centers Inc: $6,200 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,225 · InternationalANKUR INTERNATIONAL: $500 · InternationalABS CBN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · HealthTHE BRIAN GRANT FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $50 · HealthGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50 · HealthCOOL ISLAM CORPORATION: $500 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $100 · EducationOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $400 · Arts & Culture
Other$92,732Human Services$6,200International$1,725Philanthropy$1,500Health$850Education$600Arts & Culture$400

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 budgetAsian Women and Childrens Centers Inc: $6,200 over 3y, 14% of budgetABS CBN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOL ISLAM CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER FIGHTERS OREGON: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIAN GRANT FOUNDATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER PORTLAND: $200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOREGON ENERGY FUND: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50 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.

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.

The Oregon Community …The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Sehar Saleha Ahmad & Abrahim Ekrammullah Zafar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sehar Saleha Ahmad & Abrahim Ekrammullah Zafar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Cool Islam Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get 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 · 0–40%
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 Sehar Saleha Ahmad & Abrahim Ekrammullah Zafar 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 29 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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