Our Work
Zakat Foundation of America embodies the inclusive beauty of Islam through programs that reach the destitute of all faiths both at home and abroad.
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Your ZAKAT is powerful. We use it as a vehicle for social change.
Our life’s work has been to channel the spirit of zakat into a global vision for giving. Rest assured that our resources are here to help you give your zakat where it can have the most impact.
Water
An ever-flowing charity, Sadaqah Jariyah provides clean water so communities can thrive.
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Providing access to education & creating powerful antidotes to unrest, distrust, & war.
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Additional opportunities to provide more aid throughout the world.
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Emergency Relief
Zakat Foundation Launches ‘Global Warming Flood Relief Campaign’
Zakat Foundation of America has launched a worldwide flood relief effort to save nearly 100 million victims of climate-change driven flooding in Asia, Africa, and across the violence-ravaged Middle East – people already stricken by disasters of war, poverty and disease, and now evermore dangerously coronavirus-exposed.
Give to Emergency Relief
Orphan Care
In An Instant, You Can Lose A Parent
Did you know that every day, 10,000 children become orphaned? A child can lose a parent in an instant from war, natural disaster, or calamity. With our Orphan Care Program, we provide orphaned children with hope, love and prospects for the future.
Donate to Orphan Care
Emergency Relief
In An Instant, Your Home Can Vanish
The uncertainty and anguish that comes from losing a home due to climate disaster or violent conflict is immeasurable. This is the terrifying reality for so many. With our Emergency Relief Program, we take your gifts of compassion and turn them into immediate relief in the form of emergency housing, protective shelter, food, and more.
Give to Emergency Relief
Sadaqah Jariyah – Water
In An Instant, You Can Lose Clean Water
Imagine not having access to clean, safe water. Did you know that 200 million hours are spent collecting clean water by those without access to clean, safe water? With our Water Program, we dig and install hand pumps and wells that provide a source of safe, clean water to communities worldwide.
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Calligraphy Artist ILLM Partners with Zakat Foundation For A New Way To Give
We wanted to create an online marketplace that showcases exciting limited-edition collaborations with artists and skilled artisans with 100% of the proceeds going towards humanitarian programs.
Zakat Foundation of America announces launch of ZakatShop™ for serving humanity
Zakat Foundation of America is set to launch its first ecommerce site, ZakatShopTM, where 100% of proceeds from every purchase will go toward the organization’s life-changing humanitarian programs.
Can Zakat Be Given to Non-Muslims?
While the majority opinion is that Zakat cannot be given to non-Muslims, there is a well-argued and supported minority opinion based on the Hanafi ruling, upheld by other eminent scholars, that Zakat Al-Fitr can be given to the People of the Book.
