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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$570kReligion$40kArts & Culture$24kHealth$19kCivil Rights$10kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$4kCrime & Legal$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$307k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT$105,100
ICA$13,205
MIFTAAH INSTITUTE$10,230
CAIR MICHIGAN$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,140
MED GLOBAL$5,000
SAMS FOUNDATION$5,000
MUSLIM COMMUNITY MOSQUE$195
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 (FY17–23, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 21%ZAMAN INTERNATIONA: $2k → 21%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 21%ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 21%HELPING HANDS: $4k → 8%HELPING HANDS: $2k → 8%HELPING HAND: $200 → 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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
VA
TN
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$639k · 24 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
23

Total granted

$639k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+69%

Still filing today

50%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalReligionHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • SA
    SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +45%
  • AF
    AMOUD FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $12k · revenue +152%
  • IC
    ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +193%

Funded once

  • RF
    RAHAMA FOR RELIEF FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • PC
    PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +650%
  • II
    INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH AMERICA
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
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
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
American Muslim Instituition

Human Rights Project

Arts & Culture
6
Isaad foundation

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

Philanthropy
7
Islamic Medical Association of North America

Imana fosters health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance in communities around the world through direct patient care, health programs, and advocacy.

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Al Ansaar Foundation for Humanity
Philanthropy
9
Wisdom Islamic Studies and Education Inc
Religion
10
Foundation for Islamic Scholarship and Teaching
Education
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy-Usa for Aid & Developmentinc; the most unlike its peers is Helping Hands Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 51 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT: $487,495 · InternationalRAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT+10 more: $32,040 · International+10 moreICA: $21,840 · OtherICAIndividual grant recipient: $21,135 · OtherIndividual grant re…IAGD: $13,000 · OtherIAGDMIFTAAH INSTITUTE: $10,250 · OtherMIFTAAH INSTITUTERAHAMA FOR RELIEF FOUNDATION: $7,400 · OtherRAHAMA FOR RELIEF F…Individual grant recipient: $5,140 · OtherMEMPHIS ISLAMIC CENTER: $5,000 · OtherHENRY FORD SYSTEM-NEUROLOGY DEPT: $4,790 · OtherLIFE: $4,570 · OtherPROMISE RELIEF AND HUMAN DEVELOPMEN: $4,150 · OtherHUMANITY FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 · Other+15 more: $17,080 · Other+15 moreSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $20,260 · HealthMedGlobal Inc: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $568 · HealthZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $8,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS INC: $5,150 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesAMOUD FOUNDATION: $11,820 · Philanthropy+1 more: $50 · PhilanthropyISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $10,425 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH AMERICA: $5,000 · ReligionCOUNCIL OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION: $350 · Religion+2 more: $200 · Religion
International$519,535Other$119,355Health$25,828Human Services$13,350Philanthropy$11,870Arts & Culture$10,675Religion$5,550

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT: $487,495 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $20,260 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMOUD FOUNDATION: $11,820 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $10,425 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCAIR Michigan Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetZAMAN INTERNATIONAL: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPURE HANDS INC: $7,970 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $5,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS INC: $5,150 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetMedGlobal Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANITY FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERCY-USA FOR AID & DEVELOPMENTINC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIMAN JASIM FOUNDATION: $1,350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAITULMAAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL OF ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISLAMIC NETWORKS INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZaytuna College Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALMAGHRIB INSTITUTE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR THREE WINNERS FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $20 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.

  • Who funds RAHMA WORLDWIDE AID AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMOUD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC CULTURAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CAIR Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds ZAMAN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds PURE HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds MedGlobal Inc ↗
  • Who funds HUMANITY FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY-USA FOR AID & DEVELOPMENTINC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND UNDERSTANDING ↗
  • Who funds IMAN JASIM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSLIM LEGAL FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds BAITULMAAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAMIC RELIEF USA ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗

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…Dr Nussri FoundationThe Tabbaa FoundationThe Syed FoundationThe Kashlan FoundationThe Fountain of Knowl…The Straight Path Fou…The Arif FoundationTexas Instruments Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Kadry FoundationThe Bitar Foundatiuon
American Muslim Community FoundationCA32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Muslim Community Foundation · Dr Nussri Foundation · The Tabbaa Foundation · The Syed Foundation · The Kashlan Foundation · The Fountain of Knowledg Foundation · The Straight Path Foundation · The Arif Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Kadry Foundation · The Bitar Foundatiuon

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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.

    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 51 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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