Council of Islamic Organizations of
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3869749. Reported 59 grants totalling $1,061,435 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Council of Islamic Organizations of, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P58Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 48 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 25% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $13,500. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $67,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khalil Foundation | Lombard, IL | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Al-Nahda Centernfp | Worth, IL | $55,540 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chicago Cares Inc | Chicago, IL | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center on Muslim Philonthropy | Plainfield, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Masjid Dawah | Chicago, IL | $45,429 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jamaat Masjid Al Amin Inc | Gary, IN | $40,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Icna Chicago Illinois Organization | Oakbrook Terrace, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Khalil Center | Lombard, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sanad | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chi-Care | Chicago, IL | $38,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nigerian Islamic Association | Chicago, IL | $37,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Viator House of Hospitality | Arlington Hts, IL | $35,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Help From USA to Bih | Niles, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Masjid Al Amin | Gary, IN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Muslim Health Professionals | Rolling Meadows, IL | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Muslim Chaplaincy at Uic | Rolling Mdws, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sudanese American Charity of Illinois | Glen Ellyn, IL | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nigerian Islamic Association of USA | Chicago, IL | $23,429 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Muslim Womens Alliance | Oak Brook, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moraine Valley Community Coll | Palos Hills, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Umma-Urban Muslim Minority Alliance | Waukegan, IL | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haske Rasuloolah Center | Chicago, IL | $16,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rohingya Culture Center | Chicago, IL | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humanity for Relief and Development | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Muslim Community Center Incorporate | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Noblest People Learning Center | Chicago, IL | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Humanity Relief | Chicago, IL | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bethany House of Hospitality | Chicago, IL | $13,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salaam Wellness Community Cen | Chicago, IL | $13,286 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America Inc Nfp | Chicago, IL | $12,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Viator House | Arlington Heigh, IL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Help From USA to Bih Inc | Niles, IL | $11,783 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Hand Relief and Devel | Elmhurst, IL | $11,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gary Muslim Center Inc | Gary, IN | $10,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Masjid Dawah | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Refugee Fora | Chicago, IL | $9,360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Darul Hijrah | Chicago, IL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Islamic Foundation North | Libertyville, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Il Muslim Civic Coalition | Chicago, IL | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heroic Hearts Organization Nf | Wheaton, IL | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lybotics Inc | Chicago, IL | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upbuild Foundation | Long Grove, IL | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Haske Rasuloolah Center | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Masjid Al-Taqwa | Chicago, IL | $5,429 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southside Community Center | Chicago, IL | $5,429 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Khan-Siddiqui Foundation Inc | Plainfield, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Dallas Fair Park Innercity Community Development Corporation | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
10 of 48 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 of 48 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $340,590 | $14,200 |
| 2022 | 20 | $403,399 | $14,714 |
| 2023 | 19 | $317,446 | $13,286 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
85% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $13,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Council of Islamic Organizations of's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 231 S State Street Suite 300, Chicago, IL, 60604.
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