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Shah Private 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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$52kReligion$41kInternational$25kArts & Culture$17kFood & Nutrition$11kEducation$8kPhilanthropy$6kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$369k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISLAMIC ARTS SOCIETY$6,000
FRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL$5,000
CHAMPIONS COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC$3,000
HUMANITY AUXILIUM$1,000
PENNIES FOR EDUCATION & HEALTH$178
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 (FY18–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $5k → 14%THE CITIZEN FOUNDATION USA: $3k → 16%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $3k → 14%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $3k → 16%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $2k → 14%THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $200 → 16%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

IL
NY
NJ
CA
VA
TN
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 19 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
3

Total granted

$179k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+44%

Still filing today

63%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalEducationReligionHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +378%
  • THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA
    6× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +115%
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA
    6× · 2018–2024 · $11k · revenue +282%

Funded once

  • CL
    CHILD LIFE AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +44%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
International Institute of Islamic Medicine

International Institute of Islamic Medicine (IIIM) acquires and disseminates knowledge of the rich history of Islamic medicine and fosters its contemporary application

Human Services
3
Wisdom Islamic Studies and Education Inc
Religion
4
American Imam Academy

Education

Religion
5
Foundation for Islamic Scholarship and Teaching
Education
6
Itqaan Institute

An educational organization providing premier educational services to those who cannot afford it, as well as general charitable services

Education
7
Dallas Islamic Foundation
Religion
8
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
9
Muslim Wellness Foundation

Muslim Wellness Foundation MWF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healing and emotional well being in the American Muslim Community through dialogue, education, and training

Civil Rights
10
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
11
American Muslim Women Physicians Association

To improve the condition of women's health, provide a platform for muslim women in medicine and to raise the awareness of community welfare

Health
12
International Islamic Health and Development of North America

To provide educational spiritual community and religious interfaith services to everyone irrespective of and religious interfaith services to everyone irrespective of gender, race, religion or financial standing

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Citizens Foundation Usa; the most unlike its peers is Woodlands Islamic Center. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON: $17,300 · OtherISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTONMASJID AL ANSAR ISGH: $12,000 · OtherMASJID AL ANSAR ISGHASIAN BROADCASTING COORDINATORS: $12,000 · OtherASIAN BROADCASTING COORDINATORSISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATE: $11,000 · OtherISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATECHILD LIFE AMERICA INC: $5,000 · OtherCHILD LIFE AMERICA INCIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherZaytuna College Inc: $4,500 · OtherZaytuna College Inc+4 more: $5,200 · Other+4 moreFRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC: $47,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INCChampions Community Health Clinic Inc: $9,000 · HealthChampions Community Health Clinic In…DOW ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $4,000 · HealthDOW ENDOWMENT FUND INCTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $15,300 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZ…HUMANITY AUXILIUM INC: $4,000 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $3,900 · InternationalAMAANAH REFUGEE SERVICE: $3,000 · InternationalMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $10,600 · Food & NutritionISLAMIC ARTS SOCIETY: $10,500 · Arts & CulturePENNIES FOR EDUCATION & HEALTH: $4,713 · PhilanthropyAmerican Muslim Community Foundation: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$74,000Health$60,000Human Services$15,300International$10,900Food & Nutrition$10,600Arts & Culture$10,500Philanthropy$5,713

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC: $47,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $15,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $10,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC ARTS SOCIETY: $10,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetChampions Community Health Clinic Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPENNIES FOR EDUCATION & HEALTH: $4,713 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetZaytuna College Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOW ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHUMANITY AUXILIUM INC: $4,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $3,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMAANAH REFUGEE SERVICE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDEVELOPMENTS IN LITERACY INC: $2,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Muslim Community Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLANDS ISLAMIC CENTER: $800 over 2y, 0.2% 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 FRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC ARTS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Champions Community Health Clinic Inc ↗
  • Who funds PENNIES FOR EDUCATION & HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Zaytuna College Inc ↗
  • Who funds DOW ENDOWMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANITY AUXILIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC RELIEF USA ↗
  • Who funds AMAANAH REFUGEE SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERACY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Muslim Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOODLANDS ISLAMIC CENTER ↗

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.

Global Charitable Fou…Shell USA Company Fou…Bright Funds Foundati…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Global Charitable Foundation IncTX15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Global Charitable Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Shah Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shah Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Shah Private Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Shah Private 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 23 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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