ICNA Relief

What ICNA Relief does

ICNA Relief USA Programs Inc. is a US-domiciled 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Tax ID 04-3810161), founded in 2008 and headquartered at 1529 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park, NY, that delivers seven signature programs — Health Services, Disaster Relief, Refugee Services, Hunger Prevention, Muslim Family Services (including counseling and FATE foster care), Transitional Housing, and Back2School — to underserved communities across 46 states and 600+ cities. In 2025, the organization reported serving 1,137,906+ people, anchored by Hunger Prevention (930,918+) and Refugee Services (147,625+). It operates 24 transitional housing facilities in major US metros and 7 health clinics (mobile plus fixed locations including Crescent Clinic SoCal, Chicago Clinic, Dallas Clinic, and Shifa Clinics in Arizona, Duluth, and South Carolina).

The organization's technology stack is operational rather than proprietary: VolunteerHub for volunteer management, a donor portal for recurring giving, the BlessingUp Round Up micro-donation platform (powered by Stripe and Plaid), a Zakat Calculator, free Shariah-compliant Islamic will creation via Legacy Suite, and cryptocurrency donation processing. No AI/ML capabilities are disclosed. Revenue is generated entirely through donations, grants, and charitable contributions, with funding channels spanning one-time and recurring individual gifts, Zakat collection, Waqf endowment contributions, stock and crypto donations, Combined Federal Campaign payroll deductions, employer volunteer-matching ($10-$25 per hour), and corporate matching gift programs. All direct services to beneficiaries are provided free of charge.

ICNA Relief employs 251-500 staff and reaches its audience via a community-led GTM motion combining local chapters across 26+ active states, mosque-based peer referrals, signature banquet events, and endorsements from prominent Islamic scholars. Its go-to-market is event-driven and community-led, with shariah-aligned financial instruments (Zakat, Sadaqah, Waqf) serving as both a fundraising mechanism and a donor-retention moat. The organization holds a 4-star Charity Navigator rating, BBB Wise Giving Alliance compliance, a Platinum Candid Seal (held consecutively through 2023 and 2025), CFC participating charity status, and an NVOAD board seat — collectively signaling mature governance and broad institutional credibility.

Name

ICNA Relief

Legal name

ICNA Relief USA Programs Inc.

Website

https://icnarelief.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ICNA Relief is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating seven humanitarian programs across 46 states, serving over 1.1 million beneficiaries annually through transitional housing, health clinics, refugee services, hunger prevention, disaster relief, foster care, and back-to-school support, funded entirely by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Hyde Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: ICNA Relief is primarily funded through individual charitable donations from the public. Donors can give one-time or recurring donations, designate specific programs, and receive tax receipts. The organization is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
2. Round Up Micro-Donations: Donors link their payment method and round up purchases, with spare change automatically donated to ICNA Relief. Managed through BlessingUp with Stripe payment processing.
3. Cryptocurrency Donations: Accepts cryptocurrency donations (e.g., Bitcoin) directly, allowing donors to receive a tax deduction equal to fair market value without recognizing capital gains. Donors can also contribute to a donor-advised fund.
4. Endowment (Waqf) Contributions: The ICNA Relief Waqf is an endowment committed to building and investing capital for the long-term sustainability of charitable operations. Donors make contributions that are invested shariah-compliantly, with returns funding ICNA Relief programs over time.
5. Planned Giving / Legacy Gifts: Donors can leave bequests in their wills, contribute retained life estate gifts, donate real estate, or use charitable remainder trusts. The organization partners with Legacy Suite for free Islamic will creation.
6. Volunteer Matching Corporate Donations: Employers donate money in honor of volunteer hours contributed by employees to ICNA Relief. Many companies offer $10–$25 per volunteer hour. Additionally, corporate matching gift programs double employee donations.
7. Stock Donations: Donors can transfer stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other securities directly to ICNA Relief, receiving a tax deduction without recognizing capital gains.
8. Combined Federal Campaign (CFC): ICNA Relief is a participating charity in the Combined Federal Campaign, allowing federal employees to make payroll deductions to support the organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

ICNA Relief is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that delivers seven signature humanitarian programs across 46 US states: Health Services, Disaster Relief, Refugee Services, Hunger Prevention, Muslim Family Services (counseling and foster care), Transitional Housing, and Back2School. All direct service programs are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, with funding sourced from individual donations, corporate giving, Zakat, Waqf endowment contributions, and federal workplace giving.

Product overview

ICNA Relief is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization operating seven signature programs across 46 states in the United States. The organization offers a portfolio of humanitarian services including Health Services (with multiple clinic sub-products: Mobile Medical Clinics, Chicago Clinic, Crescent Clinic-SoCal, Dallas Clinic, AZ Shifa Clinic, Shifa Clinic Duluth, and Shifa Clinic SC), Disaster Relief Services, Hunger Prevention (food pantries), Refugee Services, Muslim Family Services (with Counseling sub-product), Transitional Housing, and Back2School educational support. Additionally, ICNA Relief provides digital platforms for donors including a Zakat Calculator, Round Up micro-donation program, Islamic Wills preparation tool (via Legacy Suite partnership), and an Endowment/Waqf program. The organization uses VolunteerHub for volunteer management and BlessingUp (with Stripe and Plaid) for Round Up micro-donations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FATE: Foster care program connecting Muslim children in the US foster care system with Muslim foster homes and mentors, established in 2017.
• ICNA Relief Waqf

Products and services

• Back2School Educational support program providing school supplies, backpacks, and resources to underserved children and families across the United States.
• Disaster Relief Services Emergency response program providing critical support to communities affected by natural disasters, including food, shelter, and essential supplies.
• F.A.T.E (Foster Care) Foster care program established in 2017 to provide safe Muslim homes for children in the US foster care system, connecting them with Muslim foster families and mentors through community liaisons.
• Health Services Comprehensive health services including mobile medical clinics and fixed-location health clinics (Chicago, Crescent Clinic-SoCal, Dallas, AZ Shifa, Shifa Duluth, Shifa SC) providing free medical care to underserved communities.
• Hunger Prevention Food security program operating food pantries and providing food assistance, including Ramadan food boxes, to families experiencing hunger across the United States.
• Muslim Family Services Family support program offering counseling, foster care services, and community support to individuals and families with culturally sensitive mental health services.
• Refugee Services Comprehensive refugee support program providing case management, food assistance, housing support, winter gear, ESL classes, and integration services to refugees and survivors of disasters.
• Transitional Housing Housing program providing temporary living accommodations across 24 facilities for homeless women and their children, including domestic violence survivors and men's reentry program participants, with culturally sensitive case management in halal environment.
• Zakat Calculator Online calculator tool that helps users determine their Zakat obligation based on net assets, nisab value of gold/silver, and other financial inputs according to Islamic principles.
• Islamic Wills Free Islamic will preparation platform powered by Legacy Suite, enabling users to create Shariah-compliant wills, trusts, healthcare directives, and powers of attorney in under 20 minutes, including Crypto Will and NFT Will features.
• ICNA Relief Waqf (Endowment) Shariah-compliant endowment program accepting cash, real estate, stocks, and charitable remainder trusts for long-term investment with shariah-compliant investing to fund ICNA Relief programs over time.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,137,906 people served in 2025 across all programs (up from prior years)
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• International Rescue Committee (IRC) - Washington ChaptercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 December 2022ICNA Relief Muslim Family Services signed an MoU on December 6, 2022 with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Washington chapter. The partnership focuses on ESL classes, women empowerment, care for foster children, and counseling services. This strategic partnership enhances refugee integration support and mental health service delivery through joint program delivery.
• BlessingUp (Powered by Stripe and Plaid)supportingTechnology or IntegrationICNA Relief partners with BlessingUp for its Round Up micro-donation program. BlessingUp uses Stripe for secure payment processing and Plaid (a Visa Company) for bank authentication. This enables automated micro-donations from linked bank accounts.
• Legacy SuitesupportingTechnology or IntegrationICNA Relief partners with Legacy Suite to provide free Islamic will creation tools to the community. Legacy Suite provides a non-custodial digital asset technology platform for estate planning including crypto wills and NFT wills, integrated with 256-bit AES encryption.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Islamic Relief USA: Islamic Relief USA is the closest direct peer — a US-based Muslim-founded humanitarian charity providing disaster relief, food security, refugee support, and Zakat-eligible programs domestically and internationally. Operates an overlapping GTM (community-led, mosque-network driven) and competes head-to-head for the same Muslim-American donor base.
• Zakat Foundation of America: Zakat Foundation of America focuses almost exclusively on Zakat collection, distribution, and humanitarian programs both domestically and abroad. Highly comparable niche overlap with ICNA Relief's Zakat calculator and 100% Zakat utilization promise, targeting the same Muslim-American Zakat-payer segment.
• Penny Appeal USA: Penny Appeal USA is a Muslim faith-based charity using small-donation, micro-giving and viral campaign tactics to fund humanitarian relief, food programs, and orphan sponsorship. Comparable in fundraising tactics (Round Up-style microgiving) and programmatic mix (food, disaster relief, seasonal campaigns).
• Helping Hand for Relief and Development: HHRD is a US-based Muslim nonprofit running food distribution, healthcare, refugee resettlement, education, and disaster relief programs. It competes with ICNA Relief for the same donor community and operates overlapping institutional models (community chapter networks, Zakat-acceptable programs).
• Life for Relief and Development: Life for Relief and Development is a US-headquartered Muslim humanitarian organization providing food, medical aid, orphan sponsorships, and disaster response. Operates similarly structured programs and channels through the same Islamic donor networks as ICNA Relief.
• Muslim Aid USA: Muslim Aid USA is a faith-based US nonprofit delivering emergency relief, food security, healthcare, and community development programs. Its donor base and programmatic categories overlap substantially with ICNA Relief, particularly in refugee resettlement and disaster response.

Broad incumbents

• American Red Cross: The American Red Cross is the dominant US disaster-relief incumbent and a charity-recipient default for many institutional donors. While it doesn't serve Muslim-specific programs, it directly competes with ICNA Relief Disaster Relief for corporate, government, and individual donations during US disasters.
• Catholic Charities USA: Catholic Charities USA is one of the largest US social-services networks, operating housing, refugee resettlement, food, foster care, and disaster relief programs. Highly comparable programmatic coverage and similarly rooted in religious values, with substantially larger scale and federal funding access.
• Habitat for Humanity International: Habitat for Humanity is the dominant US housing-focused nonprofit. While it focuses on affordable home ownership rather than transitional housing for women and DV survivors, it competes for the same housing-cause donor mindshare and corporate partnerships.
• HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society): HIAS is a faith-based (Jewish) refugee resettlement agency operating across the US with case management, legal aid, and integration services. It overlaps with ICNA Relief Refugee Services in target beneficiary (recent arrivals/asylum seekers) and competes for government refugee-resettlement funding streams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/icnarelief
• Facebookfacebook.com/ICNARelief
• Instagraminstagram.com/icnareliefusa

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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