Emergency Relief

Whoever relieves someone in difficulty or alleviates him, God will shade him beneath His Throne on Resurrection Day — a Day with no shade but His.”

THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, ON HIM BE PEACE

Zakat Foundation of America works both inside and outside the United States to provide relief services where they are most needed. Over the past 24 years Zakat Foundation of America has delivered aid to people of all backgrounds and creeds who are living in the most difficult and challenging circumstances. With this mission comes the responsibility to ensure that all of our aid is distributed in strict compliance with laws and regulations governing non-profit 501(c)(3) corporations, as well as other laws that affect the overseas operations of U.S. persons and entities. These include export control laws, anti-bribery laws and financial sanctions laws and regulations. Through our vetting, due diligence and compliance policies and procedures, we ensure that our people and our partners understand their place in our compliance regime, and how important compliance is to the success of Zakat Foundation of America's mission.

When climate disaster, natural catastrophe, or violent conflict strikes, we convert your gifts of compassion into life-saving relief that we bring directly, locally, to afflicted women and children, men and families, and the elderly.

Whether a tsunami, hurricane, earthquake, or civil war, calamities can occur instantaneously, or, like economic disasters, can build up over time to consume the most vulnerable members of society. Through regional offices around the world, we respond quickly to natural and man-made disasters. We address the immediate needs of those who have been overwhelmed by catastrophe.

We provide relief through the immediate distribution of:

• Food packages

• Medicine Kits

• Hygiene Packages

• Temporary Shelter

For many communities, emergency aid must be accompanied by development initiatives to decrease the dependence on outside assistance and create momentum towards recovery and self-reliance. True to our mission we go beyond emergency relief to ensure reconstruction efforts are set into motion in the afflicted area.

Payment Methods Accepted

Your donations are tax exempt under the section 170 of the 501(c)(3) section of the IRS code. Zakat Foundation of America Tax EIN: 36-4476244. For more information on tax exempt status please refer to our IRS Code letter. For more information on tax exempt status please refer to this letter.