Mohammad Suleman Family Foundation
Kenner, LA · EIN 20-8118793. Reported 26 grants totalling $267,384 to 15 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mohammad Suleman Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,834 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Muslim Association | Kenner, LA | $91,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital | Peshawar | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| America Indivisible | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Citizens Foundation | Houston, TX | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yaqeen Institute | Irving, TX | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Islamic Relief USA | Aleandria, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| King Edward Medical College Alumni Association | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Masjid Ur Raheem Inc | New Orleans, LA | $1,834 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Icna Relief USA Programs Inc | New Hyde Park, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Food Pantry | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteers of America | New Orleans, LA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement USA | Colorado Springs, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
4 of 15 (27%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital
TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF MODERN METHODS OF CURATIVE AND PALLIATIVE THERAPY IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC AND PERFORM RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF CANCER. - Jefferson Muslim Association
TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS WHICH FOSTER WORK READINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCIAL LITERACY - America Indivisible
TO PROMOTE THE CORE AMERICAN VALUES OF EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND STRENGTH THROUGH DIVERSITY ON A LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH CIVIC AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND INTERFAITH AND INTERCULTURAL ACTIVITIES. - University of California Berkeley Foundation
TO ADVANCE THE INTEREST AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY AND TO INCREASE THE FACILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY AND TO PROVIDE BROADER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES - The Citizens Foundation
PROVIDES QUALITY EDUCATION FOR UNDER PRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN. THE GOAL IS TO BUILD CIVIL SOCIETY AND PROMOTE EQUITY. - Yaqeen Institute
RAISE THE DISCOURSE IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY BY MAKING ACADEMIC GRADE RESEARCH MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 17 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $38,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 8 | $111,384 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | $50,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 7 | $68,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
44% of its giving went to organizations in Louisiana. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Louisiana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mohammad Suleman Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 West Esplanade Ave 312, Kenner, LA, 70065. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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