Humanitarian Aid Talking points
The different types of aid IRUSA provides.
What is humanitarian aid, Development work, orphan sponsorship, emergency and disaster relief, grants, and Islamic giving and distribution.
What processing fee does and does not cover.
What are transaction and donation platform charges, but not operational?
The year IRUSA was established, where it was established, and its first international relief mission.
What is 1993 in L.A. and Bosnia?
The newest project IRUSA started in Gaza.
What are winter kits?
What needs to be done when a donor gives online during Ramadan.
What is send a thank you, document your interaction on SF, create a task to "add as solicitor" assigned to Zakia Durrani, make an FRF, and do it again for the other 50+ donations that came in that day?
The name of the hospital in Sudan and how much has been sent in aid.
What is 1.4 million to Al Bahri Hospital?
This is the percent that goes to overhead on average for the year 2025.
What is 18%
The values of IRUSA.
What are excellence, sincerity, social justice, compassion, and custodianship.
The type of aid that is getting into Gaza.
What are hot meals, food vouchers, hearing aids, psychosocial support, mobile medical clinics, and shelters?
The US seasonal programs at IR.
What are Day of Dignity, Turkey distribution, Ramadan Food Box, Food Truck, Pack Outs, CDGs, and Summer Food Program?
The partner we have in Syria with $9.4 million in active projects
Who is Mercy Without Limits?
These are the individuals the overhead cost is distributed to.
What are the employees of IR and the ones who implement the projects in their target countries?
The relationship IRUSA has with IRW.
What is "It's extremely complicated don't worry about it? Ok if you have to know, Islamic Relief USA became an independent (and legally separate) member of a global family of collaborating relief organizations that share a common vision, mission and family identity connected through the use of the “Islamic Relief” name." ?
Some of the partners we work with in Gaza.
Who are United Palestinian Appeal Inc. (UPA), American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA), World Food Program USA, Palestinian American Medical Association (PAMA), My Right to Hear (MRTH), Catholic Relief Services (CRS), American Friends Of The Episcopal Diocese Of Jerusalem (AFEDJ). and others?
The sectors a CDG can be used for.
The countries we serve in Asia outside of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. (3 of them)
What are Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, and Sri Lanka?
The percentage breakdown of costs if a fund is designated as zakat eligible.
What is 12% IR costs internal and 8% implementing partner costs; totalling 20% Admin costs (maximum) and 80% or whatever is left going to program implementation.
The mission of Islamic Relief USA.
What is "Islamic Relief USA provides relief and development in a dignified manner regardless of gender, race, or religion, and works to empower individuals in their communities and give them a voice in the world." ?
What are the price points for Gaza aid.
$50 can help provide a hygiene/dignity kit to a family in need
$125 can help provide hot meals to internally displaced individuals and families
$250 can provide clean drinking water to families
$500 can support Psychosocial Support programming
Types of donations IRUSA accepts.
What are cash, stock donations, vehicle donations, DAFs, Matching Gifts, will entity beneficiary, and jewelry?
Not allowed: In Kind Gifts, Venmo/Paypal, cryptocurrency.
The estimated number of Americans served in 2025.
What is 250,000?
The names of our Board members.
Who are Ahmed Azam, Gregory Abdullah Mitchell, Hussein Ata, Khaled Albadawi, and Dr. Esam Omeish
The work IR has already done in Gaza since Oct 2023.
What is $75 million distributed as : 34 million liters of water, 6.6 million hot meals, 700k+ parcels and food vouchers, clothing for 24k people, bedding for 10k, and 55k hygiene kits
The five criteria to receive an orphan sponsorship and the cutoff age.
What are vulnerability, financial need, family size, housing conditions, and health for orphans under 18?