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Zia & Rabia Bhatti Foundation at a glance

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Zia & Rabia Bhatti 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

International$934kPublic Safety & Disaster$200kPhilanthropy$100kReligion$32kCivil Rights$25kHealth$21kEducation$11kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $180k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $950k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$200,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$200,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$200,000
THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA$150,000
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA$100,000
I-CARE FUND AMERICA INC$100,000
I-CARE FUND AMERICA INC$40,000
ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER OF GREATER CHICAGO$20,000
HEAL PALESTINE INC$20,000
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA$20,000
I-CARE FUND AMERICA INC$20,000
CAIR-CHICAGO$20,000
ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND$10,000
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$10,000
SIUT NORTH AMERICA INC$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UMMA-URBAN MUSLIM MINORITY ALLIANCE: $5k → 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

IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
VA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 52% of Zia & Rabia Bhatti Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Zia & Rabia Bhatti Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 69% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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
Ummah Relief International

Ummah relief international is a dedicated grassroots relief organization providing humanitarian services to bring help and hope to thousands of victims of natural and human disasters with quick and targeted action.

International
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
Saaf Paani

Providing clean water to poor people living in Pakistan.

International
5
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
6
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
7
Irusa Waqf

Establish a pool of capital that ensures the long-term sustainability of irusa and enables the charity in achieving its objectives.

International
8
Cambodian Islamic Foundation
Education
9
Foundation for Islamic Scholarship and Teaching
Education
10
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
11
Hope Usa Inc

To support charitable projects and programs in Pakistan.

Philanthropy
12
Iqra International Educational Foundation

The foundation fosters and promote the development, knowledge and advancement of education of the teachings of the islamic religion throughout the world

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is I-Care Fund America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Island of Hope Nfp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $450,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUNDWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $200,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCI-CARE FUND AMERICA INC: $180,000 · InternationalI-CARE FUND AMERICA INCISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $120,000 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF USA+3 more: $32,000 · InternationalTHE CITIZENS FOUNDATION USA: $150,000 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZENS …+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $100,000 · OtherTHE ZAKAT FO…ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER OF GREATER CHICAGO: $25,000 · OtherISLAMIC CULT…IMRAN KHAN CANCER APPEAL INC: $10,000 · OtherIMRAN KHAN C…ISLAMIC FOUNDATION NORTH: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $2,000 · OtherCAIR-CHICAGO: $20,000 · Civil RightsYAQEEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsSIUT NORTH AMERICA INC: $10,000 · HealthCOMPASSIONATE CARE NETWORK: $1,000 · HealthIslamic Scholarship Fund: $10,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationSOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFirst Look Institute Inc: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHumanity United for Development and Advancement Institute Inc: $2,000 · Religion
International$982,000Human Services$155,000Other$142,000Civil Rights$25,000Health$11,000Education$11,000Arts & Culture$4,500Religion$2,000

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 budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetI-CARE FUND AMERICA INC: $180,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIMRAN KHAN CANCER APPEAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYAQEEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH ASIA INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHumanity United for Development and Advancement Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE CARE NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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…Baker Hughes Foundati…Bright Funds Foundati…United Way WorldwideVerizon FoundationAbbVie FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Islamic Food & Nutrit…Baxter International …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Chicago Community…
American Muslim Community FoundationCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Muslim Community Foundation · Baker Hughes Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Verizon Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Islamic Food & Nutrition Council of America · Baxter International Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust

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 Zia & Rabia Bhatti Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zia & Rabia Bhatti Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%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
    3report 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.

    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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