Michigan · Private foundation
The Syed 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 74
- Grants FY2024
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 81
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Syed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 74 | $32k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $56k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 70 | $58k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $34k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $23k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $28k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $47k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 40 | $28k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hassan Foundation | $26,150 | 8 | 1% |
| Islamic Relief USA | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dream of Detroit | $15,096 | 8 | 7% |
| Muslim Center | $12,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | $11,225 | 8 | 0% |
| Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc | $10,475 | 8 | 0% |
| American Moslem Society | $5,055 | 4 | n/a |
| Unrwa USA National Committee Inc | $4,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Inc | $3,600 | 4 | 4% |
| The Zakat Foundation of America | $2,850 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 86 recipients with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Syed 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.
Open a dossier: American Muslim Community Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · Nakadar Foundation · The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · Sattar Family Foundation · Dearborn Community Center · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Kashlan Foundation · The Symn Foundation · Zakia and Mian Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Sahara Foundation · Amin & Rubina Chikhalia Foundation
How this is measured
About The Syed Foundation
- How much does The Syed Foundation give?
- The Syed Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $31,538 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 81 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Syed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (31%), Religion (20%), Health (7%).
- Who are The Syed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Hassan Foundation ($26k), Islamic Relief USA ($23k), Dream of Detroit ($15k).
- Does The Syed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Syed 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 Syed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Muslim Community Foundation, The Tabbaa Foundation, Nakadar Foundation.
- Where is The Syed Foundation based?
- The Syed Foundation is based in MI.
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