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The Bitar Foundatiuon at a glance

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The Bitar Foundatiuon

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.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$56kInternational$42kArts & Culture$26kHuman Services$17kHealth$16kPhilanthropy$11kCivil Rights$7kEducation$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $600
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$550
Median grant
1
States reached
$432k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UMMA$15,000
Individual grant recipient$550
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 (FY22–23, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HELPING HAND: $7k → 8%HELPING HAND: $5k → 8%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
MI
NY
MA
CA
VA
DC
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 16 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
29

Total granted

$174k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+101%
+118%

Still filing today

50%
28%

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
EducationInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureOther
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

  • WF
    Women for Humanity
    5× · 2017–2023 · $13k · revenue +35%
  • HH
    HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $11k · revenue +5%
  • IR
    ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
    3× · 2018–2024 · $11k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • UC
    UNITED CHARITY
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
  • RW
    RAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +148%
  • L
    LIFE
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Muslim Aid America

Provide help to people who are victims of natural disasters or conflicts or suffering from poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, discrimination, homelessness, debt, unemployment, injustice, or lack of skills or economic opportunity.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Muslim Response Usa for Relief and Development

To provide material and financial assistance to relieve the sufferings of any and all persons affected by disasters. conflicts, disease. and hunger, irrespective of race. creed or ethnicity. To support schools and other learning centers…

International
4
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
5
Wisdom Islamic Studies and Education Inc
Religion
6
Masjid E Rahmat

Islamic learning center

Education
7
Ifa Center

Providing moral and religious education

Arts & Culture
8
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
9
Al Zahra Academy Inc

Teaching islamic curriculum

Education
10
Bangladesh American Society of Muslim Aid for Huma
Philanthropy
11
Darul Arqam
Religion
12
Isaad foundation

Isaad Foundation aspires to preserve human dignity and to help achieve happiness, and to achieve the necessary needs for all individuals.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc; the most unlike its peers is Women for Humanity. 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 45 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSLIM UNTIY CENTER: $35,900 · OtherMUSLIM UNTIY CENTERICA: $23,950 · OtherICAUMMA: $21,000 · OtherUMMASARN: $15,700 · OtherSARNIndividual grant recipient: $11,598 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNITED CHARITY: $9,000 · OtherUNITED CHARITY+25 more: $42,011 · Other+25 moreWomen for Humanity: $13,160 · InternationalWomen for Humanit…ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $11,238 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF US…RAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT: $7,607 · InternationalRAHMA WORLDWIDE A…PURE HANDS INC: $5,105 · InternationalPURE HANDS INCHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $11,410 · Human ServicesTHE QURAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $3,000 · EducationHUDA SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationGUIDANCE COLLEGE INC: $2,500 · EducationTHE QURAN LEARNING CENTER INC: $1,700 · EducationJAMIA ISLAMIA DARUL-ULOOM DETROIT: $500 · EducationCAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $7,195 · Civil RightsMUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA: $2,500 · Civil RightsMedGlobal Inc: $3,000 · HealthISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$159,159International$37,110Human Services$11,410Education$10,700Civil Rights$9,695Health$3,000Arts & Culture$3,000

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 budgetWomen for Humanity: $13,160 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $11,410 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $11,238 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT: $7,607 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $7,195 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPURE HANDS INC: $5,105 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE QURAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUDA SCHOOL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedGlobal Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDANCE COLLEGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Mission For Relief & Development: $2,280 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASJID AT-TAQWA: $541 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJAMIA ISLAMIA DARUL-ULOOM DETROIT: $500 over 1y, 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 Women for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC RELIEF USA ↗
  • Who funds RAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds CAIR-FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PURE HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE QURAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds HUDA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MedGlobal Inc ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds GUIDANCE COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds United Mission For Relief & Development ↗
  • Who funds THE QURAN LEARNING CENTER INC ↗

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 Fountain of Knowl…The Tabbaa FoundationThe Kashlan FoundationSattar Family Foundat…The Dana-Z FoundationThe Saleh FoundationThe Kadry FoundationThe Straight Path Fou…Dr Nussri FoundationThe Symn FoundationDearborn Community Ce…The Syed Foundation
The Fountain of Knowledg FoundationMI24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · The Kashlan Foundation · Sattar Family Foundation · The Dana-Z Foundation · The Saleh Foundation · The Kadry Foundation · The Straight Path Foundation · Dr Nussri Foundation · The Symn Foundation · Dearborn Community Center · The Syed 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 The Bitar Foundatiuon funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bitar Foundatiuon. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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.

    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 45 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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