The Alibaba School Foundation concentrates almost all of its giving on Muslim religious institutions in the Greater Houston area, funding mosque centers and Islamic educational programming. Grants are large and targeted, with multiple repeat awards to the same local centers—indicating a focus on building and sustaining community religious infrastructure and services. The foundation appears primarily interested in supporting institutional religious life and faith-based education for the regional Muslim community.
Albaba School Foundation’s recent giving is defined by large, repeated support for Houston-area Muslim institutions, especially Clearlake Islamic Center, which received $642,500 and $295,000 in 2023 and another $220,000 in 2025. That pattern puts the foundation squarely in the space of faith-based infrastructure, where grants help sustain mosques, Islamic centers, and religious education for local Muslim communities. The foundation’s portfolio also includes sizable awards to the Islamic Society of Greater Houston and Imam Academy, showing interest in both worship spaces and educational programming. In parallel, the foundation has funded Muslim-serving organizations outside the immediate mosque network, including health and humanitarian groups such as Med Global, the Syrian American Medical Society, and CAIR. Even with those additions, the dominant theme remains institutional support for religious life in Greater Houston, with multiple awards to the same organizations over time. The result is a grantmaker that appears to favor concentrated, relationship-based support for community anchors rather than a wide spread of one-time grants.
A clear share of Albaba School Foundation’s funding supports mosque operations and religious-center needs in the Houston area. The Islamic Society of Greater Houston received $245,000 in 2025, along with $120,000 and $80,000 in 2023, indicating sustained support for one institution across multiple years. In religious education, Imam Academy in Webster received $230,000 in 2025, plus $60,000 and $50,000 in 2023, alongside smaller awards elsewhere in the portfolio. The foundation also backs broader Muslim community infrastructure: Mishkah in Houston received $26,000 in 2025, after prior grants of $24,000 and $18,000 in 2023. Beyond Houston, Med Global in Chicago Ridge received $55,000, $45,000, and $50,000 across the recent record, showing that health-related work is part of the grant mix.
Albaba School Foundation’s typical grant size sits at $12,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $53,750 at the 75th percentile. The grant list shows repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023 and 2025, which points to ongoing support rather than isolated one-off gifts. The foundation is not a funder of individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its recent record is built on institutional grants, often at multiple levels for the same organization, with especially large awards clustered in the Houston-area faith community.
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$6.4M
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$932K
Most grants fall between $12K and $54K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$54K
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Highly concentrated: a small number of large grants to a few repeat grantees (Clearlake Islamic Center, Islamic Society of Greater Houston), focused geographically on the Houston/Pearland area and on religious infrastructure and education.
Notable grantees: Clearlake Islamic Center, Islamic Society of Greater Houston, Imam Academy
Giving is heavily concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 73% of grants and is also the top state by grant count. Houston appears most often in the recipient list, alongside Webster, Pearland, Plano, and Austin. Outside Texas, recipient locations include Chicago Ridge, Washington, DC, Se Washington, DC, Wayne, NJ, Pittsburg, PA, and Lubbock, TX. The country distribution is entirely domestic: all recent grants went to US recipients.
The foundation funds Muslim religious institutions and related community services. Recent grants went to mosques, Islamic centers, a religious school, and Muslim-serving health and humanitarian groups, with the largest shares going to Houston-area faith-based organizations.
Its recent grant sizes cluster around a $25,000 median, with the 25th percentile at $12,000 and the 75th percentile at $53,750. The recent record also includes much larger awards, including several six-figure grants.
Yes. Texas is the top state by grant count, and 73% of grants go to recipients in Texas. Houston is the most common recipient city in the recent record, with additional Texas recipients in Webster, Pearland, Plano, Austin, and Lubbock.
The recent record shows recurring support. Several organizations received multiple grants across different years, including Clearlake Islamic Center, the Islamic Society of Greater Houston, Imam Academy, Med Global, and Mishkah.
Health-related and humanitarian grants appear alongside faith-based funding. Recent recipients include Med Global in Chicago Ridge, the Syrian American Medical Society in Washington, DC, and CAIR in Se Washington, DC.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON | HOUSTON, TX | $245,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| IMAM ACADEMY | WEBSTER, TX | $230,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| CLEARLAKE ISLAMIC CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $220,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MED GLOBAL | CHICAGO RIDGE, IL | $50,000 | 2025 | HEALTH CARE |
| MISHKAH | HOUSTON, TX | $26,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MULTICULTURAL CENTER | WEBSTER, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| CLEARLAKE ISLAMIC CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $642,500 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| CLEARLAKE ISLAMIC CENTER | HOUSTON, TX | $295,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON | HOUSTON, TX | $120,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON | HOUSTON, TX | $80,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| IMAM ACADEMY | WEBSTER, TX | $60,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MED GLOBAL | CHICAGO RIDGE, IL | $55,000 | 2023 | HEALTH CARE |
| IMAM ACADEMY | WEBSTER, TX | $50,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MED GLOBAL | CHICAGO RIDGE, IL | $45,000 | 2023 | HEALTH CARE |
| PURE HANDS | PLANO, TX | $27,200 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MADARRASAH ISHLAMIAH | HOUSTON, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2023 | HEALTH CARE |
| MASJIT ALTAWHID | HOUSTON, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| ISLAM IN SPANISH | HOUSTON, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MISHKAH | HOUSTON, TX | $24,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| CAIR | SE WASHINGTON, DC | $20,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MISHKAH | HOUSTON, TX | $18,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION | LUBBOCK, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MULTICULTURAL CENTER | WEBSTER, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| SWASIA CHARITY | WAYNE, NJ | $10,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| MULTICULTURAL CENTER | WEBSTER, TX | $10,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| ISLAM CENTER PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURG, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
| NUECES MOSQUE | AUSTIN, TX | $4,000 | 2023 | RELIGIOUS CENTER |
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON
$245,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
IMAM ACADEMY
$230,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
CLEARLAKE ISLAMIC CENTER
$220,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MED GLOBAL
$50,000HEALTH CARE
MISHKAH
$26,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MULTICULTURAL CENTER
$10,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
CLEARLAKE ISLAMIC CENTER
RELIGIOUS CENTER
CLEARLAKE ISLAMIC CENTER
$295,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON
$120,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON
$80,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
IMAM ACADEMY
$60,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MED GLOBAL
$55,000HEALTH CARE
IMAM ACADEMY
$50,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MED GLOBAL
$45,000HEALTH CARE
PURE HANDS
$27,200RELIGIOUS CENTER
MADARRASAH ISHLAMIAH
$25,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY
$25,000HEALTH CARE
MASJIT ALTAWHID
$25,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
ISLAM IN SPANISH
$25,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MISHKAH
$24,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
CAIR
$20,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MISHKAH
$18,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION
$10,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MULTICULTURAL CENTER
$10,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
SWASIA CHARITY
$10,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
MULTICULTURAL CENTER
$10,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
ISLAM CENTER PITTSBURGH
$5,000RELIGIOUS CENTER
NUECES MOSQUE
$4,000RELIGIOUS CENTER