Tayba Foundation

“An informed member of the board made appropriate inquiries and preformed adequate inspection as relaing to the preperation of the exempt organizations return contents and positions taken.”

“Compliance was assured by disclosure and review.”

“The board reviews the compensation of the president on an annual basis. Currently the compensation is much below the comparable data from similar organizations.”

“All officer performs their services voluntarily except the president as mentioned above.”

“The board is also considering other avenues, including making such documents available on the website of the tayba foundation.”

“Program expenses:auto fuel 1163bank fee 312course shipping 19397government fee 13793insurance 4642internet 4973marketing printing 150office equipment 5988office supplies 273payroll services 9838re-entry support 63727software subscription 55460telphone 1825training/education 2100 management expenses: auto fuel 2486bank fee 739 government fee 175 meals and entertainment 470office supplies 13409telephone 1897utilities 6809 fund raising :marketing printing 24159software subscription 8345online marketing 98”

“2023 accomplishmentsgeneral:-education & life skills courses: 1648 unique students served with one or more courses each. -reentry services: 151 individuals served through our reentry national program and 1024 unique clients through our tayba socal (san bernardino, ca) office. -continued to offer and develop project fatima to serve women and children impacted by incarceration. This year we hired a new coordinator to focus on reentry and work closely with female students to prepare them for release.she also worked with those who have been released to ensure they have the best care and skills as they reenter free society.the project fatima team also worked with the wives and children of incarcerated tayba students to provide the support they need while their loved one is incarcerated.-support for sisters whether they are in prison or outside, taybas project fatima has been helping sisters affected by incarceration across the us. This includes (but not limited to): hundreds of coaching hours for sisters in distress. Regular events like quran readings, virtual social events, and classes. Emergency assistant to get sisters off the streets or out of compromising situations. Collaborations with organizations across the us to help create and improve programs for sisters. Developed case files for sisters in more vulnerable situations and had volunteers and professionals assist and review action plans. -$42,213 in direct assistance to project fatima clients including: rent assistance, payment of utilities, debt relief, eid gifts, gas work clothes, temporary housing, personal care items, communication, and tuition. -took part in working towards legislation that positively impacts our students and clients:-over the years, we regularly get letters from people in prison saying that some of their religious liberties were violated by prison staff. In those cases we could only refer them to civil rights organizations like cair. This year, we were able to take a step in making a change where those violations would not occur. In early 2023,cair reached out to tayba to be a co-sponsor of senate bill (sb) 309, setting clear rules about religious clothing, headwear, and grooming for people being booked into prison or jail in california. Tayba representatives spoke at the california state capitol twice, attended a number of meetings, submitted multiple letters, and throughout the process learned about what it takes to change legislation. Taybas team has built up a great deal of knowledge and experience over the last 15 years. Now, we are being called upon to utilize that knowledge and experience to help change the system. Education:-developed and delivered educational seminars in various communities across the us including florida, maryland and california to both give back to the communities who have supported the development of taybas educational programs as well as to build awareness of the work that tayba is doing,what our mission is and how we are achieving that. -collaborated with an islamic seminary that offers online courses to allow for tayba students to study with them after their release from prison.-published two text books for our essential series: -iman 99: what we believe. This course introduces new muslims to everything they need to know about god, his prophets, and the hereafter to make their faith sound. It includes enrichment exercises and reflection questions throughout the text.-birr 99: honoring parents: according to islam like any essentials book, birr99 was designed to be accessible and engaging for the average prisoner. Honoring parents according to islam adapted from the text, the rights of parents, by shaykh muhammad mawlud is an interactive and accessible exploration of honoring parents in islam.-improve client experience through smoother, more cost-efficient and more sustainable operations: -weve completely reworked how we message our students. As a result, were now able to: ship requested books the same day, prevent many”