Michigan · Private foundation
The Symn 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.
- $154k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $105,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $307k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations The Symn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 8 | $154k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $214k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $114k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $71k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $34k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $44k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $40k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahma Worldwide Aid and Development | $487,495 | 6 | 1% |
| Syrian American Medical Society Foundation | $20,260 | 5 | 0% |
| Amoud Foundation | $11,820 | 3 | 0% |
| Islamic Cultural Association | $10,425 | 3 | 1% |
| Miftaah Institute | $10,250 | 2 | n/a |
| CAIR Michigan Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Zaman International | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pure Hands Inc | $7,970 | 3 | 0% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $5,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Inc | $5,150 | 2 | 10% |
Show all 30 grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($96k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Symn 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
About The Symn Foundation
- How much does The Symn Foundation give?
- The Symn Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $153,870 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Symn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (81%), Religion (6%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Symn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rahma Worldwide Aid and Development ($487k), Syrian American Medical Society Foundation ($20k), Amoud Foundation ($12k).
- Does The Symn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Symn 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 Symn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Muslim Community Foundation, Dr Nussri Foundation, The Tabbaa Foundation.
- Where is The Symn Foundation based?
- The Symn Foundation is based in MI.
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