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The Eman 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.

$272k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Eman Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Eman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $272k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’21
4
’22
13
’23
13
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Philanthropy$303kInternational$178kEducation$142kReligion$89kHuman Services$25kHealth$20kCivil Rights$15kCrime & Legal$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $129k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$75,000
HUMAN APPEAL$54,000
MUSLIM SOCIETY OF DELAWARE VALLEY$35,000
BAYAAN ACADEMY INC$25,000
SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF CHESTER COUNTY$10,000
PHILASTINE RELIEF FUND$10,000
ZUBAIDA FOUNDATION$10,000
UNITED HANDS FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT$10,000
MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY$10,000
MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA$7,000
CAIR PHILADELPHIA$5,000
MED GLOBAL$5,000
SAMS$2,000
ISABET ACADEMY$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 8%UNITED HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: $15k → 21%CAIR PHILADELPHIA: $5k → 22%PHILASTINE RELIEF FUND: $10k → 22%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
IN
PA
NJ
CA
VA
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$236k · 6 repeat orgs$318k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$236k
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
0%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyHealthInternationalOther
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

  • BA
    BAYAAN ACADEMY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +34%
  • HA
    HUMAN APPEAL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $64k · revenue +226%
  • TM
    The Muslim Society Of Delaware Valley
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • S
    SFUSA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -18%
  • B
    BAYANgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +42%
  • GA
    GHIRAS ALNAHDA US NFP
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -51%
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
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
2
International Institute of Islamic Thought the Fairfax Institute
Education
3
Bangladesh American Society of Muslim Aid for Huma
Philanthropy
4
Al Ansaar Foundation for Humanity
Philanthropy
5
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
6
Cambodian Islamic Foundation
Education
7
International Institute of Islamic Medicine

International Institute of Islamic Medicine (IIIM) acquires and disseminates knowledge of the rich history of Islamic medicine and fosters its contemporary application

Human Services
8
The Noor Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Zakah Aid and Charity Assisting Humanity

Zakat, aid and charity assisting humanity (zacah) is a minnesota-based grassroots organization dedicated to the collection and re-distribution of wealth, including zakat (mandatory charitable tax for all muslims) and sadaqah (any…

Religion
10
Rizad Foundation
—
11
Zakat Foundation Institute

We offer a solution-oriented educational experience that accelerates the success of the social good sectors through empowering local charitable-work leaders with specialized knowledge and professional skills and integrating them into the…

Education
12
Alsajdah Foundation
Religion
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 Zubaida Foundation. 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $299,672 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Foundation IncThe Muslim Society Of Delaware Valley: $50,000 · PhilanthropyThe Muslim Society Of Delaware Valley+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyBAYAAN ACADEMY INC: $70,000 · EducationBAYAAN ACADEMY INCSFUSA: $50,000 · EducationSFUSAA CONTINUOUS CHARITY: $38,000 · EducationA CONTINUOUS CHARITYBAYAN: $25,000 · EducationBAYANISLAMIC ACADEMY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY: $8,000 · EducationIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…UNITED HANDS FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · OtherUNITED HANDS FOR RE…ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF CHESTER COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherISLAMIC SOCIETY OF …MUSLIM AMERICAN SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherMUSLIM AMERICAN SOC…GLOBAL MED: $10,000 · OtherGLOBAL MEDBE A MERCY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST COMMUNITY…MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA: $7,000 · Other+4 more: $7,000 · OtherHUMAN APPEAL: $64,000 · InternationalHUMAN APPEA…GHIRAS ALNAHDA US NFP: $25,000 · InternationalGHIRAS ALNA…UNITED HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesPHILASTINE RELIEF FUND: $10,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCAIR-PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 · Human ServicesSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · HealthMedGlobal Inc: $10,000 · HealthZUBAIDA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · ReligionKhair Inc: $5,000 · ReligionNORRISTOWN ISLAMIC SOCIETY: $4,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$350,672Education$191,000Other$149,000International$89,000Human Services$35,000Health$20,000Religion$19,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBAYAAN ACADEMY INC: $70,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetHUMAN APPEAL: $64,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSFUSA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Muslim Society Of Delaware Valley: $50,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetA CONTINUOUS CHARITY: $38,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBAYAN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGHIRAS ALNAHDA US NFP: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMedGlobal Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetZUBAIDA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPHILASTINE RELIEF FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetISLAMIC ACADEMY OF BURLINGTON COUNTY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAIR-PENNSYLVANIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTELHA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

American Muslim Commu…Sidra FoundationNoor Munshi FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Verizon FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
American Muslim Community FoundationCA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Muslim Community Foundation · Sidra Foundation · Noor Munshi Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Eman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%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
    2get no government money at all
    1report 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, FY20–25
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Eman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Eman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 32 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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