guidestarIslamic-American Zakat Foundation    (Last update 4-15-2008)

Combined Federal Campaign Code: 17934                             United Way Code: 8834
AS-SALAAMU ALAIKUM!
"And now, there is light. ...the children were so happy ... [that] they sat down and did their homework immediately without being told to do so. One of the little girls did her homework for the entire week.  ... I do not have the words in my vocabulary to express how grateful I am for your help. I simply did not have anyone or anywhere to turn or anyone to go to.  ... please express my gratitude to the Brothers and Sisters and the board and the Mu'mins who contrbuted to the Islamic-American Zakat Foundation. I will never forget this ...." <name withheld>  more thank yous
best charityThe Islamic-American Zakat Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt religious and charitable organization.  Our mission is to provide  assistance  for food, shelter, clothing and transportation  for the poor and needy, orphans, wayfarers, and other persons and needs deserving of charity  under Islamic law  by assessing, collecting and distributing obligatory and voluntary charity called zakat and sadaqa.  Our primary objective is to serve poor and needy Muslims in the United States, eligible non-Muslims are also helped and some aid is sent abroad to help poor or  needy orphans and other children.

NOTICE: This organization provides no scholarships, tuition money, nor any other payments to schools or universities, or to foreign organizations, nor will we send any money directly abroad.
 Office Hours are now
Tues. &Thurs., 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fri. & Sat., 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
 
4641 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 30
Bethesda, MD (near Bethesda METRO)
Send donations, applications, and correspondence to: 
Islamic-American Zakat Foundation
4323 Rosedale Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
To send e-mail, click here.
Click here for an application for assistance (pdf).
Click here for a job opportunity
as a part-time bookkeeper-receptionist
for the Islamic-American Zakat Foundation.
Click here to access our Zakat Calculation Form
in PDF format.
Click here to read a report on our participation
in the U.N. Conference on the status of women.
Click here or on the Guidestar logo at the top
of the page for detailed financial information
about our organization.
Click here for a copy of our most recent annual report.
Click here for a copy of our most recent audit report.
Click here for RFPs to contract for Operation of  the Islamic-American Zakat Foundation or Administration of Operations.


To donate by credit card,  click here
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Note: Our application form is now available in Adobe PDF format.  If you do not have an Adobe Acrobat Reader you may download one for free.  Just click here .