Shangri La

• Shangri La, based in New York, NY, funds work that promotes the study and understanding of Islamic arts and cultures, including its Building Bridges Program, which supports arts- and media-based projects engaging U.S.-based Muslim and non-Muslim populations to advance understanding and highlight the diversity of Muslim populations for American audiences.
• Its geographic focus is given as Priority: U.S. The foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a grant writer should not send a cold application; 44% of its grant dollars go to organisations it has also funded in its two prior filings, suggesting it tends to work with organisations it already knows.
• Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 75 grants fall between $25,000 and $450,000, with a median of $100,000, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest grant has reached $1,200,000.
• Given the invitation-only process, this is one to watch for alignment with its Islamic arts and cultures or Muslim/non-Muslim understanding work rather than one to approach directly with an unsolicited proposal.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Center for Asian American Media · Reimagining and investing in a new infrastructure for us muslim storytelling in independent film and media.
  $913,0002024 tax year
• Pew Research Center · To support the timely update of the u.s. muslim landscape study and to build knowledge and understanding about the community at the intersections of religion, ethnicity and race.
  $531,2502024 tax year
• University of Southern California · To support the "violence against muslims in film: exploring the prevalence and context of aggression on screen" study and dissemination of findings.
  $530,0002024 tax year
• Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West · To support the creation of the ddf and ewc indo-pacific futures fellowship, that seeks to enhance capacity of emerging leaders from around the indo-pacific region through connections, experiences and skills.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Sundance Institute · To support emerging and established filmmakers with professional development fellowships and project completion funds.
  $435,0002024 tax year
• Games for Change · To support a research study that investigates muslim stereotypes in video games.
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Islamic Scholarship Fund · To support scholarships, mentorship and experiential learning for filmmakers producing authentic u.s. muslim narratives.
  $173,0002024 tax year
• El-Hibri Foundation · To support the public narrative program, a leadership development program that builds future communities and fosters social change by leveraging the power of narrative.
  $128,3862024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.