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A Keynote on Muslim Nonprofit Collaboration
Anwar Khan, AMCF Board Member & Founding CEO of Islamic Relief USA
The 2nd Annual
The AMCF
Nonprofit Summit
2025
Two days, eight sessions, and a working playbook for the next decade of Muslim nonprofit work in America. The full recorded library is here.
The Setup
What it took to bring the sector into one room.
The 2nd Annual AMCF Nonprofit Summit gathered Muslim nonprofit leaders, donors, scholars, and practitioners from across the country for two days of practical, peer-led learning at the Zakat Foundation of America headquarters in Bridgeview, Illinois. The summit was hosted by AMCF in partnership with CIOGC, Zakat Foundation of America, TACS, and Talem Consulting.
The intention was not to deliver a conference. It was to produce institutional capacity — to put the hardest, most candid conversations of the Muslim American nonprofit sector on the record, in front of the people doing the work. Across eight sessions, the summit moved from the principle of collaboration to the operational disciplines that make collaboration sustainable: fundraising, marketing, financial infrastructure, inclusive partnerships, and the personal sustainability that underwrites all of it.
This page is the doorway to the full recorded library. Every session is available with chapter markers, written reflections, and the kind of context you can return to as your organization grows.
The Throughline
Day One was about principles & operations. Day Two was about structures & systems.
Day One — Thursday, August 28
From collaboration as principle to the disciplines that sustain it.
The summit opened with Anwar Khan’s keynote making the case that nothing in 30 years of building Islamic Relief USA had been done alone. The day moved into a case study of the Community Collaboration Initiative — 22 Muslim nonprofits, three years, one year spent just building trust — then into the operational mechanics that translate principle into practice: how Muslim nonprofits actually get heard, and how they actually raise the money to do the work.
Day Two — Friday, August 29
From sustainable leadership to institutional rigor.
Day Two opened with a question that lives one layer beneath all of Day One: how does the person doing all of this work stay alive inside it? From there, the conversation moved into the architectural — financial services, endowments, and the case for Muslim-owned financial institutions; the structural inclusion of disability in Muslim communities; and the operational backbone that turns Muslim nonprofit work into Muslim nonprofit institutions.
The Recorded Library
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Empowering Community Through Collaborative Efforts
Arshia Ali-Khan (Muslim Legal Fund of America), Abdul Samad (Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, IU Lilly School), moderated by Shazeen Mufti (AMCF)
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Branding and Marketing for Muslim Nonprofits
Arjumand Khan, two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist; B.C. Dodge, Director of Marketing & Communications, AMCF
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Centering Relationships to Achieve Fundraising Results
Anwar Khan and Shazeen Mufti
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Invest in Yourself, Invest in Community
Dilnaz Waraich, President, WF Fund & Inspired Generosity
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Financial Services for Collective Impact and Sustainability
Moderated by Eaman Shebley (TACS) with Kashif Osman (Crescent Wealth), Irshad Rasheed (Stearns Salam Bank), and Hud Williams (Saturna Capital)
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Creating Inclusive Partnerships
Joohi Tahir, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Muhsin
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Scaling Your Organization’s Financial Operations
Eaman Shebley, CPA, Certified Islamic Finance Executive, CEO of TACS
The leaders who shaped the conversation.
Anwar Khan
AMCF Board Member; Founding CEO, Islamic Relief USA (ret.)
Shazeen Mufti
Executive Director, AMCF
Arshia Ali-Khan
CEO, Muslim Legal Fund of America
Abdul Samad
Associate Director, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, IU Lilly Family School
Arjumand Khan
Two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist; community engagement consultant
B.C. Dodge
Director of Marketing & Communications, AMCF
Dilnaz Waraich
President, WF Fund & Inspired Generosity
Eaman Shebley
CPA, Certified Islamic Finance Executive, CEO of TACS
Kashif Osman
Crescent Wealth
Irshad Rasheed
President, Stearns Salam Bank Islamic Finance
Hud Williams
Regional Manager, Saturna Capital (Amana Funds)
Joohi Tahir
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Muhsin
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Get access →The 3rd Annual Summit
Detroit, 2026.
The conversation continues. The 3rd Annual AMCF Nonprofit Summit is in Detroit on September 3, 2026. Theme: Community Building.
Save the Date →In Partnership With
CIOGC
Zakat Foundation of America
TACS
Talem Consulting