Rahima International Foundation

“Ishrat husain -president -husbandhabibe husain- board chair -spouse”

“An informed member of the board made appropriate inquiries and performed adequate inspection as relating to the preparation of the exempt organizations return contents adn 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 officers perform their services voluntarily except the president as mentioned above.”

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

“History: in the month of ramadan (fasting month), 1993 habibe husain got an inspiration to start a non-profit organization to serve those in need in the bay area. She was also inspired to name it rahima which contains the meanings of compassion, mercy, and justice.she wrote down her vision and mission with the details of the kinds of activities and projects they would focus on. A few close friends subsequently joined and the work began to start providing food to the local needy. Rahima foundations first project was to prepare and deliver 500 bags of groceries for a thanksgiving meal, to a local catholic charity called sacred heart. Habibe husain was already known in the community for her community services, and was respected for her dedication, integrity, and trustworthiness. Thus the support from the community came readily, in the form of non-perishable food, as well as monetary donations. In time the operations moved from her carport to a small rental facility, and then to a larger facility which is currently used as offices of the foundation, as well as warehousing close to ten tons of food that is distributed to about 2000 individuals. Since 1993, when we started with taking care of a couple of families, rahima foundation has grown to a much larger institution, currently serving hundreds of families in the bay area. Many of these families are refugees from distant places like somalia, iraq, afghanistan, who have been displaced primarily because of wars.. These families are sponsored by various agencies like catholic charities and irc, and get initial help from them for a few months. After that they are expected to fend for themselves. Rahima foundation provides much-needed food to the families. Rahima also provides to the most deserving families such as single parent families, disabled, and seniors, monetary assistance towards their rent, utilities, and transportation on a monthly basis. There are also indigenous families and individuals referred by agencies, or on their own, apply and get help from rahima foundation.we do not discriminate based on religion, color, ethnicity, or for any other reason. Our doors are open to all human beings who are in need of the services we provide.we have a process to evaluate people who apply for help to rahima. And we encourage and guide the families to become self-sufficient as quickly as possible.we have kept our costs under control at less than 15% of revenue for all these years. This is mostly because of the scrupulous, conscientious, and honest ways it is run, guided by the principles established by its founder, habibe husain.these principles include the following:know & believe that god is in-chargecharity begins at home, so serve the people in our own communitiesput yourself in others shoes treat people with dignity and respect start small & build upon itbe conscious of the accountability of handling public money consistent contributions, no matter how small, have tremendous barakah (blessings)do not underestimate the power of sincere initiative strictly follow the law of the land we continued our services of monthly food distribution and financial assistance in 2017. Below is a summary of the data for 2017:1. Food distribution no. Of families served per month (average) --- 354 food items distributed --- flour, rice, oil, pasta, chicken, meat, peanut butter, tuna, cereal, dates, tea, sugar, beans, canned food, baked goods, and fresh produce amount of food distributed (average) --- 140 tons, or 66 lbs of food per family per month (~$150/family/mo) non-food items distributed --- hygiene packs (tooth paste, soap, shampoo, and toilet paper)2. Monthly financial assistance total amount of $460k was distributed to an average 124 families per month.these were primarily mothers,disabled,and elderly etc. Both of number of families and amount were increases 30% compared to 2016.3. One time emergency assistanceabout 187 families received emergency assistance in the year 2016 for various reaso”