Michigan · Private foundation
The Dana-Z Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $44k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $75k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Dana-Z Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $44k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $49k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $63k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $11k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $14k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $23k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $6k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Moslem Society | $17,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Rahma Worldwide Aid and Development | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Islamic Cultural Association | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Quran Institute of America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Community Cenetr Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Masjid Al-Ikhlas & Al-Ikhlas Training Academy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huda School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Umma Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sam Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: The Tabbaa Foundation · The Bitar Foundatiuon · The Syed Foundation · Sattar Family Foundation · The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · Dearborn Community Center · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Dana-Z Foundation
- How much does The Dana-Z Foundation give?
- The Dana-Z Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $43,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Dana-Z Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Religion (22%), International (21%).
- Who are The Dana-Z Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American Moslem Society ($18k), Rahma Worldwide Aid and Development ($10k), Islamic Cultural Association ($6k).
- Does The Dana-Z Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dana-Z 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 Dana-Z Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Tabbaa Foundation, The Bitar Foundatiuon, The Syed Foundation.
- Where is The Dana-Z Foundation based?
- The Dana-Z Foundation is based in MI.
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