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How Recurring Donations Create Long-Term Impact

How Recurring Donations Create Long-Term ImpactMoments of generosity often begin with urgency, responding to winter cold, hunger, or crisis. But lasting change is built through consistency. Recurring donations allow compassion to extend beyond one season and grow into...

Understanding the Meaning and Purpose of Zakat Donations

Understanding the Meaning and Purpose of Zakat DonationsCharitable giving has always been an important part of Muslim life. It is a way to care for others, strengthen communities, and remember that our blessings are meant to be shared. Among all forms of Muslim...

How Humanitarian Aid Changes Lives in Vulnerable Communities

How Humanitarian Aid Changes Lives in Vulnerable CommunitiesFor many families, stability can change without warning. A natural disaster, sudden job loss, illness, or rising living costs can quickly turn everyday life into a struggle. In moments like these,...

How One Ramadan Food Box Supports an Entire Family

How One Ramadan Food Box Supports an Entire FamilyFor many families, Ramadan is a time of reflection, prayer, and togetherness. It is also a time when food takes on deeper meaning. Sharing meals at iftar brings families together, but for households facing food...

Winter Hope: Emergency Relief for Struggling Families

Winter Hope: Emergency Relief for Struggling FamiliesFor many families, winter is not a season of celebration. It is a time marked by uncertainty, rising costs, and the daily challenge of staying warm. Across the United States, refugees, the homeless, and families...

Give Warmth: The Power of a Winter Donation

Give Warmth: The Power of a Winter DonationEvery year, the arrival of winter brings sharp contrasts. For some households, it means warm meals and gatherings indoors. For others, it means drafty rooms, broken heaters, and difficult choices between food, rent, and...

Ways to Support Families Before the Year Ends

Ways to Support Families Before the Year EndsWhen the government shutdown finally ended, many Americans breathed a sigh of relief, but for countless families, nothing really changed. SNAP support had already come to a halt, and the shutdown only made the confusion...

Why We Must Bridge the Gap for Underserved Youth

Why We Must Bridge the Gapfor Underserved YouthAcross the United States, many young people face limited access to the basic resources that support their development. These limitations create barriers that shape how youth experience the world around them. ICNA Relief’s...

Why Educational Equity Starts with a Pencil and Notebook

Why Educational Equity Startswith a Pencil and NotebookEach summer, as the school year approaches, millions of children in the United States prepare to return to classrooms. For many, this preparation includes trips to stores, new backpacks, sharpened pencils, and the...

Qurbani

Don’t Delay Your Qurbani Contribution “It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, but it is your piety that reaches Him.” (Qur’an 22:37) Qurbani is an act of devotion, a moment of sacrifice that reflects the sincerity of our faith. But its value is...

Transitional Housing

The Rewards of Supporting Transitional Housing This Dhul Hijjah“Whoever relieves a believer’s hardship from the hardships of this world, Allah will relieve him of hardship on the Day of Judgment.” — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim) There are people in our communities...

Refugees Services

in the Sacred Days of Dhul HijjahSadaqah is not just a random kind act, it is a way to seek Allah’s pleasure, to ease someone’s hardship, and to answer a call that has been repeated throughout the Qur’an: care for those in need. This includes those who have been...