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Filing year 2023

THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA

Worth, Illinois·EIN 36-4476244·NTEE Z99 · Unknown·3
Total revenue
$37.8M
Total assets
$38.9M
Total expenses
$28.6M
Reported officers
13
Mission

THE ORGANIZATION FOSTERS CHARITABLE GIVING TO ALLEVIATE THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF POOR COMMUNITIES AND TO ESTABLISH LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ENSURE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY GROWTH AND QUICKLY RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$275k
$305k
Base
$156k
Bonus
$77k
Other
Benefits
$37k
Director of Development
$182k
$202k
Base
$160k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$23k
Director, International HR
highest compensated employee
$159k
$176k
Base
$129k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$26k
Legal Advisor
highest compensated employee
$136k
$151k
Sr. Regional Development Specialist, South Region
highest compensated employee
$132k
$146k
Religious Affairs Advisor
highest compensated employee
$131k
$146k
IT Manager
highest compensated employee
$118k
$130k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 5 unpaid individuals.

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Up 51%
from 2022

From $182k in 2022 to $275k in 2023.

$182k
2022
$275k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 46% in real terms$208k to $305k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$29.5M
$19.2M
2022
$37.8M
$28.6M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What organizationPage.redesign.benchmarkBuilder.ntee.Z executives earn

Comparable organizationpage.redesign.benchmarkbuilder.ntee.z organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $68,938.

25th percentile
$25k
Median
$68,938
75th percentile
$137k
90th percentile
$262k

These are organizationpage.redesign.benchmarkbuilder.ntee.z sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 499 organizations across 499 filings (2021 – 2023).

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