Michigan · Private foundation
The Abu Akeel Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $5k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $47k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Abu Akeel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 8 | $5k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $25k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $30k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $26k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $33k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $48k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Center | $14,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Zaman International | $9,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Muslim Legal Fund of America | $9,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Zaytuna College Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Health Unit on Davison Avenue | $8,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Zakat Foundation of America | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Life for Relief and Development Inc | $7,190 | 6 | 0% |
| Syrian American Medical Society Foundation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Islamic Center of South Florida Inc | $5,900 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Abu Akeel 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Abu Akeel Foundation
- How much does The Abu Akeel Foundation give?
- The Abu Akeel Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $5,200 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Abu Akeel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are International (38%), Religion (22%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Abu Akeel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Unity Center ($15k), Zaman International ($10k), Muslim Legal Fund of America ($9k).
- Does The Abu Akeel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Abu Akeel Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Abu Akeel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation, The Tabbaa Foundation, American Muslim Community Foundation.
- Where is The Abu Akeel Foundation based?
- The Abu Akeel Foundation is based in MI.
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