Minnesota · Nonprofit
Al-Maa'uun
Al-Maa'uun (Minnesota) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,170,083 to it, the largest being ISLAMIC RELIEF USA ($1,293,534). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $491k
What Al-Maa'uun does
Mission
Al-Maa'uun's mission, which has already made a significant impact, is to alleviate poverty and oppression within blacks and communities of color in North Minneapolis and surrounding areas through direct service and advocacy. We are committed to making a difference and inspiring hope in our communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Employment Services: During the 2024 review period, the progam demonstrated substantial impact and participant success. A total of 213 individuals were enrolled, with 196 completing work-readiness training designed to build foundational employment skills. Of all participants, 124 engaged in either credential or non-credential training pathways, reflecting strong interest in advancing career-specific competencies. These efforts resulted in 67 participants earning industry-recognized certifications or credentials, stregthening their competitiveness in the labor market. Most notably, 106 particpants secured full-time employment upon exit, achieving wages exceeding $24 per hour, a clear indicator of both program effectiveness and the economic mobility it supports.
$950,367 spentof which $62,943 as grants$791,304 earned by the program44% of program spendingHousing: We have expanded our transitional housing to 30 beds in three scattered site locations. We continue to focus our "second chance" housing model on returning citizens, individuals with substance abuse disorders, and unhoused individuals with wrap-around services, including food support, employment services, mentoring, and healing circles.
$692,972 spentof which $1,000 as grants$383,523 earned by the program32% of program spendingFood Services: Thanks to our two main partners, Metro Meals and DoorDash, we have signiificanty expanded our Meals on Wheels program to over 150 seniors per week. Our growth continues beyond there. We are expanding our food services program to the Child and Adult Community Feeding Program (CACFP), ensuring we can serve youth and seniors through after-school programming and adult day centers. This expansion is a testament to our commitment to serving our communities.
$495,199 spent$72,427 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,138,538.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $1.1M (−30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 24% · 2021 0% · 2022 5% · 2023 7% · 2024 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of Al-Maa'uun’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Makram El-Amin
CEO
Board chair
Mahdee Abdullah
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $83k → $393k.
12 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Al-Maa'uun’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Al-Maa'uun leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Al-Maa'uun.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 67% · 2019 58% · 2020 32% · 2021 29% · 2022 42% · 2023 57% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of Al-Maa'uun's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Al-Maa'uun draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $657k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Al-Maa'uun's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 13 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Al-Maa'uun
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Al-Maa'uun: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Al-Maa'uun?
- Al-Maa'uun (Minnesota) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,170,083 to it, the largest being ISLAMIC RELIEF USA ($1,293,534). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Al-Maa'uun have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $3,170,083 in grants to Al-Maa'uun, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Al-Maa'uun?
- ISLAMIC RELIEF USA is the largest funder on record, with $1,293,534 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Al-Maa'uun find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 35 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing