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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “zakat”
Where the money went
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
46 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to Muslim Community Center Incorporate — contribution for zakat distribution, unrestricted zakat support for muslim community center academy, skokie illinois campus.
Penny Appeal USAAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $122,163 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to MUSLIM WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION — feed our world; zakat al-fitr
Islamic Society of Western MassachusettsWest Springfield, MACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $118,690 · through 2023Largest: $55,590 to HELPING HAND FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT — morocco, turkey and syria earthquale relief, syria, afhgan palestine and libya relief, orphan relief, fidyah & zakat distributions
The Hamd FoundationPort Jefferson, NY
3 matching grants · $175,385 · through 2024Largest: $85,000 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION — we help muslims, and the charitable of every conviction, take the steep road to carry out their zakat and charity duties easily, correctly, and with maximum humanitarian impact by …
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $146,561 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to ZAKAT AID & CHARITY ASSISTING HUMANITY — donor-recommended, religion
Largest: $7,760 to THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — matching gift
Give Back FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $48,546 · through 2025Largest: $15,369 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — program support
Largest: $6,850 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — program/operating support
Largest: $15,000 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — further charitable goal of organizat
Largest: $50,000 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — libya floods 2023
Largest: $9,198 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — matching gifts
Hillside Islamic CenterNew Hyde Park, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $133,750 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA — relief & welfare prgram
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →