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1 Million Kilos of Rice

$1 a day sends one kilogram of rice to one family caught in the vicious cycle of poverty.

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Care for Kids with Cancer

Provide comprehensive medical treatment, meals, and supportive medication.

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Zakat Foundation on the Ground in Turkiye and Syria

Short & Long Term Emergency Aid

Relief, medical supplies, food packs, and shelter for those devastated by the earthquakes.

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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.

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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.

Water

An ever-flowing charity, Sadaqah Jariyah provides clean water so communities can thrive.

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Education

Providing access to education & creating powerful antidotes to unrest, distrust, & war.

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Food Security

Delivering urgent food in Ramadan & year round to relieve starvation.

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Emergency Relief

Helping victims of disaster & violent conflict.

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Orphan Care

Caring for those who can’t care for themselves.

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Health & Wellbeing

Leading critical projects to heal bodies, minds, & souls.

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Refugee Empowerment

Alleviating the needs of vulnerable families & children.

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Livelihoods

Lifting people out of poverty & ensuring their self-reliance.

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Seasonal Islamic Giving

Additional opportunities to provide more aid throughout the world.

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Emergency Relief

Destructive Flooding In Pakistan

With the heaviest rains in decades, the monsoon season in Pakistan has been deadly with flash floods. These floods have destroyed over 46,000 homes with remote areas in Balochistan being the hardest hit. As families relocate and try to recover, we need your help to provide cooked meals, food packages and medical assistance.

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Emergency Relief

Catastrophic Flash Floods Sweep Afghanistan

Already reeling from the wreckage of a destructive earthquake, Afghanis and Pakistanis are now trying to recover from deadly flash floods that have washed away homes, trees, and submerged entire villages at the border. Affecting more than 4,000 families, these flash floods have swept away families’ entire possessions. Our team is on the ground working tirelessly to provide these families with food and medical assistance in both countries.

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Water Program
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Give the Gift of Clean Water

There is a global water crisis that affects millions of people around the world. Help people in water strained communities gain clean, safe water access.

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Livelihoods

Empower Yemenis through coffee growing

Yemenis are sinking into a deeper humanitarian crisis due to a surge in global food prices from the Ukraine conflict and Yemen’s current economic state. With hunger and poverty striking the weakest in Yemen, our organization is on the ground to assist with immediate emergency relief. Coupled with this emergency relief, we are working towards a brighter future in Yemen with Mokha Institute by empowering Yemen’s coffee farmers. Learn more about how you can help bring sustainable farming back to this region so beloved in our faith.

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NEWS & STORIES

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May 24th, 2023

Zakat Foundation Awarded 25 Organizations in New York

Zakat Foundation of America has awarded the Community Achievement Award to 25 organizations in New York.

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May 19th, 2023

How Can Zakat Be Used?

How can Zakat be used? We answer this popular question.

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May 18th, 2023

How you’ve helped feed Afghan and Pakistani flood survivors

Your Ramadan 2023 sadaqah allowed us to distribute bags of rice to flood survivors living in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan.

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