Illinois · Nonprofit
Zakat Foundation Institute
Zakat Foundation Institute (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,068,658 to it, the largest being THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($1,068,658). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Zakat Foundation Institute runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,771 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,771 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- American Muslim Community Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- United Hands Relief Incshared funders
- The Eman Foundationportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Zakat Foundation Institute’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Zakat Foundation Institute's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- American Muslim Community Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchCA · backs 14 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- United Hands Relief Incshared fundersTX · backs 15 organizations that share your funders
- The Eman Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Al-Ameri Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Grow Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Darul Sadaqa786portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rehmat Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sidra Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Abdul Satar & Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Yaqub Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Dearborn Community Centerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mecca Center Charity Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like Zakat Foundation Institute
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Zakat Foundation Institute: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Zakat Foundation Institute?
- Zakat Foundation Institute (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,068,658 to it, the largest being THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ($1,068,658). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Zakat Foundation Institute have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,068,658 in grants to Zakat Foundation Institute, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Zakat Foundation Institute?
- THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $1,068,658 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Zakat Foundation Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing