Michigan · Private foundation
The Al-Ameri 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The Al-Ameri Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $31k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $31k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $40k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $45k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $30k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $14k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $25k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miftaah Institute | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Islamic Association of Greater Detroit | $20,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Health Unit on Davison Avenue | $16,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Qalam Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Islamic Health and Development of North America | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrian American Council | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Islamic Center of Hamtramck | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taleef Collective | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bosnian American Islamic Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oakland University | $4,586 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miftaah Institute | $25,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Islamic Association of Greater Detroit | $20,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Health Unit on Davison Avenue | $16,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Qalam Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Islamic Health and Development of North America | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrian American Council | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Islamic Center of Hamtramck | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Taleef Collective | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Bosnian American Islamic Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Oakland University | $4,586 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Indus Hospital Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Guidance College Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Unity Center | $2,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Baitulmaal Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rahma Worldwide Aid and Development | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jamia Islamia Darul-Uloom Detroit | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Al-Furqaan Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| MedGlobal Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America | $150 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Al-Ameri 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
About The Al-Ameri Foundation
- How much does The Al-Ameri Foundation give?
- The Al-Ameri Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $30,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Al-Ameri Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (42%), Health (22%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are The Al-Ameri Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Miftaah Institute ($25k), Islamic Association of Greater Detroit ($20k), Health Unit on Davison Avenue ($16k).
- Does The Al-Ameri Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Al-Ameri 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 The Al-Ameri Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Basha Foundation, The Tabbaa Foundation, American Muslim Community Foundation.
- Where is The Al-Ameri Foundation based?
- The Al-Ameri Foundation is based in MI.
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