For Nonprofits
AMCF Nonprofit Directory: Frequently Asked Questions
The AMCF Nonprofit Directory is a free, public, searchable listing of Muslim-led and Muslim-serving nonprofits across the United States. Here is how to get listed, how to log in, and how to use the Grantee Portal that comes with your account.
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The basics
What is the AMCF Nonprofit Directory?
It is a public, searchable listing of Muslim-led and Muslim-serving nonprofit organizations working across the United States. Donors use it to find organizations to support. Volunteers use it to find work near them. Funders and partners use it to find organizations already doing what they want to fund.
Your listing carries your mission, a description of your work, your public contact information, and the categories that describe your focus areas.
Does it cost anything?
No. Listing is free. There is no membership requirement, no application fee, and no cost at any stage.
Do I have to be an AMCF grantee to be listed?
No. The Directory is open to the wider field. You do not need to be an AMCF grantee, fundholder, or endowment partner to appear in it.
To be eligible, your organization needs to be a registered 501(c)(3) in good standing with the IRS, based in the United States, and led by or primarily serving the American Muslim community, or working on issues of direct concern to it.
If you are not certain you qualify, register anyway. We would rather review a borderline submission than miss an organization that belongs in the Directory.
How do I know if my organization is already listed?
Search for your organization name in the Directory. Many organizations that have received a grant from AMCF, hold an endowment with us, or have worked with us in the past are already in our system and may already appear.
If you find your organization but the information is out of date, you do not need to register again. You need a login so you can update it yourself. See Logging in below.
If you do not find your organization, go to How do I join.
How do I join?
If your organization is not already in the Directory, you can add it yourself. Registration is free, open, and takes about ten minutes.
Register your organization
Have these on hand before you start:
- Your organization’s EIN, formatted 12-3456789
- Your annual operating budget
- Your mailing address and main phone number
- A public contact name, email, and phone for your listing
- Your mission statement
- A description of your organization and its work
- The categories that best describe your focus areas, up to three
The form has two parts. The first collects what AMCF needs internally to create your organization’s record. The second collects what appears publicly on your Directory profile. The two are kept separate on purpose.
Start Your Registration →What happens after I submit?
- You submitYour registration goes straight to the AMCF team.
- We reviewWe verify your nonprofit status and check that your profile is complete. If anything is unclear, we will email the contact you gave us.
- Your listing goes liveYou receive an email with your login and instructions for accessing and managing your profile.
Logging in
If your organization is already an AMCF grantee, your login has been sent to the email we have on file. Check that inbox first, including spam, before requesting a new one.
Where do I log in?
Use the AMCF portal at amuslimcf.fcsuite.com/erp/portal with the username and password from your welcome email.
I never received a login email.
The most common reason is that the email address we have on file for your organization is out of date, or that we do not have one at all. Email nonprofitengage@amuslimcf.org from an address at your organization’s domain, tell us your organization name and EIN, and we will get you set up.
The person who had our login has left the organization.
Email nonprofitengage@amuslimcf.org from an address at your organization’s domain and tell us who should hold access now. We will update the contact record and reissue the login.
Your profile
What can I edit myself?
Once you are logged in you control the public face of your listing: your mission statement, your organization description, your public contact details, your website and social links, your categories, and your photo.
Some fields are held by AMCF for record-keeping, including your EIN and your legal organization name. If one of those needs to change, email nonprofitengage@amuslimcf.org.
How do categories work?
Categories are how donors filter the Directory to find the kind of work they want to support. You select the ones that describe your focus areas, up to three, and you can change them at any time from your profile.
Pick the categories a donor would actually search, not the ones that sound the most comprehensive. An organization listed under everything is findable under nothing.
How do I remove my organization from the Directory?
Email nonprofitengage@amuslimcf.org and we will unpublish your listing. Listing is voluntary and there is no penalty for leaving.
The Grantee Portal
If your organization has received funding from AMCF, the same login that manages your Directory profile also opens your grant history. This is one of the most requested things AMCF has ever been asked for, and it is now self-service.
What you can see and download
- Every grant your organization has received from AMCF
- The amount, date, and fund behind each grant
- Downloadable grant letters for your records, your auditors, and your own reporting
One login covers both the Directory profile and the Grantee Portal. There is nothing separate to request. Sign in at the AMCF portal.
A grant is missing from my history, or an amount looks wrong.
Email nonprofitengage@amuslimcf.org with your organization name and the grant you are asking about, including the approximate date and amount. We will check the record and correct it if needed.
We have never received a grant from AMCF. Can we still be listed?
Yes. The Directory and the Grantee Portal are two things that share one login. You can hold a Directory listing with no grant history at all. Your portal will simply show no grants.
Donations through the Directory
Can donors give to my organization directly from my listing?
Yes, for organizations that are set up to receive them. Your listing carries a donation panel where a donor can choose an amount, add a tribute in memory or in honor of someone, and give by credit card.
Can donors give from a donor advised fund?
Donors who hold a donor advised fund at AMCF can recommend a grant to your organization through their own portal. Donors with a fund elsewhere can recommend a grant to you the same way they would to any 501(c)(3), using the EIN on your listing.
Still stuck
Who do I contact?
Email nonprofitengage@amuslimcf.org. Include your organization name and EIN so we can find your record quickly.
What else does AMCF offer nonprofits?
The Directory is one piece of a wider set of services for nonprofit organizations:
- Host an endowment with AMCF and build a permanent source of support
- Explore grant opportunities through AMCF funds and giving circles
- Use the Nonprofit Resource Center for tools, training, and templates
Get your organization in front of donors
Listing in the AMCF Nonprofit Directory is free and open to any qualifying US-based Muslim-led or Muslim-serving 501(c)(3). It takes about ten minutes.