Michigan · Private foundation
The Al-Azem 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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $49,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Al-Azem Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 10 | $130k | 90% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $50k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $42k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $40k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $31k | 40% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills Academy | $163,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc | $25,575 | 7 | 0% |
| The White Helmets Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrian American Council | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunrise USA Inc | $13,030 | 2 | 0% |
| Al-Huda Islamic Association | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| MedGlobal Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Center | $1,015 | 1 | n/a |
| National Arab American Medical Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills Academy | $163,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc | $25,575 | 7 | 0% |
| The White Helmets Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Syrian American Council | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunrise USA Inc | $13,030 | 2 | 0% |
| Al-Huda Islamic Association | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| MedGlobal Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Center | $1,015 | 1 | n/a |
| National Arab American Medical Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Muslim Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Without Limits | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Karam Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Women for Humanity | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin Community Association | $60 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Al-Azem 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 Al-Azem Foundation
- How much does The Al-Azem Foundation give?
- The Al-Azem Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $130,060 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Al-Azem Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (52%), Arts & Culture (17%), International (16%).
- Who are The Al-Azem Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Beverly Hills Academy ($164k), Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc ($26k), The White Helmets Inc ($25k).
- Does The Al-Azem Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Al-Azem 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-Azem Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kashlan Foundation, The Honest Foundation, The Tabbaa Foundation.
- Where is The Al-Azem Foundation based?
- The Al-Azem Foundation is based in MI.
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