Virginia · Nonprofit
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA (Virginia) receives grants from 303 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,168,716 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($25,573,818). 167 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $147M
- Funders on record
- 303
- Grants received
- $85M
- Net assets
- $228M
What Islamic Relief USA does
Mission
Islamic Relief USA provides relief and development in a dignified manner regardless of gender, race, or religion, and works to empower individuals in their communities and give them a voice in the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food security and livelihoods:includes activities related to fisheries, livestock, pests and pesticides, seed systems and agricultural inputs, veterinary medicines and vaccines. Also includes activities related to long-term and short-term economic asset development, asset restoration, market infrastructure rehabilitation, micro-credit, microfinance, and temporary employment such as cash for work.examples include, but are not limited to, the following:in bosnia, irusa continues to fund a sustainability project that focuses on livelihood and food security. Through this project of agricultural start up for poor people, 81 households received greenhouses and 39 households received food dryers.in iraq, irusa funded a livelihoods project that empowers young refugees, idps, returnees, and local communities in diyala and dohuk, iraq, by improving education access in 10 schools and enhancing economic wellbeing through skills training and startup tool kits.in afghanistan, irusa funded projects to provide food items, non-food items and hygiene kits to internally displaced persons, poor families and host communities. In afghanistan, irusa funded a project that reduced poverty of most…
$31,919,480 spentof which $29,392,169 as grants26% of program spendingEmergency response & preparedness:this category includes activities focused on the immediate lifesaving needs of a population at the onset of a disaster, such as providing clean water, sanitation, food, temporary shelter, household items and emergency medical assistance. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:in the philippines, irusa funded a project that improved access to quality food and hygiene for the 1,200 households affected by tropical storm megi (l.n. Agaton). The 1,200 affected households received quality food packets, hygiene essentials with safe water containers.in sudan, irusa is supporting a project that aims to reduce the sufferings of conflict-affected and displaced people in sudan. Affected people received hygiene essentials, cash assistance, and shelter items. In ethiopia, kenya, somalia, south sudan, and sudan cash assistance, construction and rehabilitation of water structures, livestock distribution, agricultural tools and seeds distributions, and training on disaster response and resilience was implemented to respond to the ongoing drought and to prevent famine. In palestine, irusa funded several projects focused on urgent healthcare…
$31,818,681 spentof which $29,274,360 as grants26% of program spendingU.s. Programs:irusa u.s. Programs' main interventions consist of:1. Us grants irusa offers 501(c)(3) organizations opportunities to apply for grant funds. This funding helps facilitate projects such as food programs, health and wellness initiatives, and livelihood assistance, in addition to other domestic initiatives. Us grants focus on providing 501(c)(3) organizations with funding opportunities that cover a broad array of social issues, addressing one or more of the following:- short-term poverty and hunger alleviation through the provision of critical emergency support.- support for refugee or immigrant integration through programs enabling refugees and immigrants to become economically self-sufficient and develop stronger social networks.- community-based primary medical care for people living in poverty.- long-term programming designed to create greater self-reliance and sustainable livelihoods, including domestic violence services, leadership development, specialized education programs, and community development initiatives with the goal of bridging the gaps between communities to build solidarity and promote social justice.1. Seasonal programsa. Ramadan food boxes/ grants…
$25,004,583 spentof which $22,951,477 as grants20% of program spendingOrphan support: irusa's work in this sector focuses primarily on quarterly support to orphans to supplement their basic needs, such as food, education, health care, and clothing.irusa supported approximately 28,055 orphans in the following 23 locations through the orphans 1-2-1 sponsorship program: afghanistan, albania, bangladesh, bosnia, chechnya, ethiopia, india, indonesia, iraq, jordan, kenya, kosovo, lebanon, malawi, mali, niger, pakistan, somalia, south africa, sri lanka, sudan, turkey, and yemen. In addition to the 1-2-1 program, irusa also implements additional orphan support programs. In afghanistan, irusa funded a project, that intended to achieve sustainable socioeconomic development of 700 orphaned families in jalalabad, balkh and bamiyan provinces in afghanistan, restore their social dignity and protection; enhance economic productivity, income, livelihood security; promote rights and protection of the orphan children; and bring the orphaned families out of poverty.
$23,452,289 spentof which $21,588,696 as grants19% of program spendingWater, sanitation and hygiene:includes activities related to environmental health, hygiene promotion, sanitation, and water supply. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: - in albania, an integrated project is providing increased access to water and sanitation facilities in bulqiza municipality for approximately 3,600 rightsholders. - in palestine, irusa funding improved wash services for 40,000 displaced and returnee beneficiaries in gaza's deir el balah and khan younis governorates by providing safe drinking water, repairing and rehabilitating latrines in informal shelters, and conducting hygiene promotion activities to reduce the spread of wash-related diseases, ultimately contributing to a healthier and more sustainable living environment in the midst of the ongoing emergency. - in pakistan, irusa funded a project to improve existing water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) and livelihood practices at peshawar and orakzai districts of khyber pakhtunkhwa. - in sri lanka, irusa funded a project that supported improving water and sanitation services to vulnerable communities in the country. - in nepal, irusa funded a project that provided awareness on wash, through…
$4,502,136 spentof which $4,142,906 as grants4% of program spendingHealth and nutrition:includes activities related to communicable diseases, health education/behavior change, health systems and general health, medical commodities and pharmaceuticals, non-communicable diseases, reproductive health, infant and young child feeding, management of moderate acute malnutrition, management of severe acute malnutrition, nutrition education and behavior change, and nutrition systems. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: - in albania, a health project provided free home health care for 15,905 residents of 3 municipalities, with a special attention for maternity women, newborn babies, persons with disabilities and old people. - in jordan, irusa is supporting a project that provides syrian refugees and vulnerable jordanians with free primary healthcare via its two mobile clinics and a third mobile medical team. The project also covering the cost of urgently needed surgeries. The surgeries are sometimes done in coordination with other organizations running medical missions, which allows for more specialized interventions as well as lower costs. - in somalia, irusa is supporting a project that provides access to maternal, neonatal, and…
$4,493,274 spentof which $4,295,577 as grants4% of program spendingEducation:includes activities related to facilitating access to quality education, whether formal education or informal education. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following: - in afghanistan, irusa funded a project to improve the educational status of girls and boys in target districts of balkh, kandahar and nangarhar provinces in afghanistan. - in sri lanka, irusa funded a project to encourage students to go to school by providing them with learning support materials and bicycles as the pandemic affected their lives and made them more vulnerable. - in kenya, irusa funded a project to help increase knowledge of anti-gbv strategies, strengthening support systems among communities, and sensitizing school-going children. - in kenya, irusa funded a project to provide access to quality education through rehabilitating infrastructure and provision of adequate learning materials and equipment for schools. - in mexico, irusa supported families with school enrollment for both children and adults. - in palestine, irusa supported gazan youth by expanding emergency medical training, including first aid, midwifery, and rehabilitation, while also helping young entrepreneurs…
$2,989,476 spentof which $2,750,400 as grants2% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $124,179,919.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $117M to $183M (+57%).
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: 2021 2% · 2023 0% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of ISLAMIC RELIEF USA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Ahmed Shehata
CEO from 1/1/24
Board chair
Ahmed Azam
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 54 funders to 128 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $15M.
46 of 303 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $30k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Islamic Relief USA). These are real filings, and they are not money ISLAMIC RELIEF USA raised.
From the IRS filings of ISLAMIC RELIEF USA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 303 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
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
89% 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 ISLAMIC RELIEF USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 20% · 2018 17% · 2019 17% · 2020 41% · 2021 39% · 2022 36% · 2023 31% — 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
45% of ISLAMIC RELIEF USA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
73% of ISLAMIC RELIEF USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $23M that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 36 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
ISLAMIC RELIEF USA is better cushioned than half of the 98 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 98 international nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding ISLAMIC RELIEF USA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $400 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $400
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ISLAMIC RELIEF USA
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- 88 Wheeler Foundation LLC · disregarded
- Irusa Waqf · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: 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 ISLAMIC RELIEF USA?
- ISLAMIC RELIEF USA (Virginia) receives grants from 303 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,168,716 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($25,573,818). 167 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ISLAMIC RELIEF USA have?
- IRS filings report 303 organizations giving $85,168,716 in grants to ISLAMIC RELIEF USA, 167 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ISLAMIC RELIEF USA?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,573,818 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ISLAMIC RELIEF USA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 303 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing