Zakat Foundation of America

We enable individuals to make a direct impact through charitable giving, whether fulfilling a Zakat obligation or simply supporting those in urgent need. This is implemented through immediate relief and establishing long term self sustainability. We nd establishing long term self sustainability. We collect voluntary charity and Zakat payments, distributing it to the direly needy and deserving recipients: The poor, hungry and thirsty The sick, the wounded, the plague-struck; expecting and postpartum mothers, and newborns The refugee, internally displaced, and the forced migrant The besieged, the subjugated, the victims of violence, and the persecuted The debt-ridden, and children, women, and men in need of inclusive, quality education and empowering vocational training The inclined for advocacy of peace, equanimity, and the elimination of violence Those striving to establish human rights, sustainable communities, food resilience, clean water and sanitation, and responsible consumption and production Those who work to make this possible We believe that charity purifies wealth. Charity exponentially increases its blessing and that the poor have a rightful claim to it. We believe Zakat and Ṣadaqah (charity) are the twin guide rails that can properly center humanitarian endeavors in our world today. It is the clearest path to peace on earth and prosperity for all. We believe our role as a global humanitarian institution is to smooth these charitable avenues for all givers. We do this in order to multiply the blessings of your alms and offerings twofold: for you as givers and for the divinely intended recipients of your generous gifts in dire need of the profound benefits we faithfully convey to them from you We believe it is our solemn duty to channel your Zakat and Ṣadaqah aid into emergency provisions for millions in urgent need of relief. We believe it is our sacred purpose to direct your donations into studied programs that elevate the downtrodden and their dependents to situations of self-reliance and communal respect. We believe it is our sanctified responsibility to conscientiously apportion your Zakat and Ṣadaqah to well-conceived projects that galvanize the traumatized into revitalized communities of hopeful initiative and fruitful endeavor. ...view more