The Prophet (PBUH) said: “If a young man honors an elderly on account of his age, Allah appoints someone to honor him in his old age.”
– [Tirmidhi]

Category: Services For Seniors

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the thirtieth $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: Iona Senior Services

Iona Senior Services has served the Washington DC elders, their families and the community since 1975.  Iona supports seniors as they experience the challenges and opportunities of aging through education, advocacy and provision of community-based programs and services.

Through the Consultation, Care Management and Counseling program, compassionate and highly trained social workers provide intensive, one-on-one support to seniors and families.  Iona’s Adult Day Health Wellness & Arts Center offers engaging daily programming to those with cognitive or physical impairments, including art therapies, wellness programs and socialization in a medically supervised setting.   In 2008, Iona’s Adult Day Health, Wellness & Arts Center was named a “Center for Excellence in Dementia Care” by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America.

Community programming offers exercise programs and educational workshops and events, volunteer opportunities, and a mid-day exercise and lunch programs. Seniors are also provided with transportation to and from grocery stores and weekend meals and commodity food deliveries.  Over 200 volunteers of all ages help Iona provide these services to the community.

M100’s grant to Iona will provide 10 hours of case management services by an experienced and licensed social worker to a senior needing help navigating the health care system and dealing with cognitive or physical disability, grief or loss.  It will also provide 9 full days of engaging programming and fellowship in a medically supervised setting for a senior who is dealing with memory loss.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to Iona Senior Services to provide case management services for seniors to help navigate through the health system and deal with disability, grief or loss.

“Read, in the name of thy Lord who created, man from a clot.  Read, for your Lord is most Generous, who teaches by means of the pen, teaches man what they know not.”
– [Quran 96:1]

Category: Literacy

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-eight $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: DC Public Library Foundation

Founded in 1985, the DC Public Library Foundation adds a margin of excellence to the DC Public Library System by providing programs, services, and materials not otherwise available to the library, with a special emphasis on children and literacy.

The Foundation addresses six focus areas: 1) Library Collections; 2) Learning Opportunities for Children and Adults; 3) Facility Improvements; 4) Access to Technology; 5) Cultural Events; and 6) Library Service Capacity.  The Foundation supports the Library Summer Reading Program, supports Preschool Reading Clubs; and administers “Be a Champion of Children’s Reading”.

The Foundation has enhanced children’s spaces in 5 libraries and created a state-of-the-art “Teen Scene”  at the central library.  Providing cultural opportunities, the Foundation provides a library chess league for teens, provides family-friendly opera at all branch libraries, and provides scholarships for disadvantaged students to take the GED exam free of charge.  It serves over 3,000 children in these programs.

The Foundation’s Preschool Reading Clubs operate at all 25 branch libraries and conduct sessions for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and their caregivers.  Parents of infants and toddlers learn the importance of reading to very young children and how to spark an interest in stories and words.   The Foundation has served over 120 families and aims for more in 2010.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to DC Public Library Foundation to help fund the Preschool Reading Clubs.

The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Hasten the funeral rites.”
– [Bukhari]

Category: Funeral Services

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-seventh $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: Prince George’s Muslim Association

Prince George’s Muslim Association (PGMA) was established to serve the Muslim community and the greater community at large in Prince George’s County.  The organization has received awards and recognitions from Maryland State officials for the services it provides to the community.

In addition to the many services PGMA provides, PGMA is now able to provide complete burial preparation and funeral services so that it can assist Muslims at a very critical moment.  These services are provided onsite with ghusl (washing of the body) and the Janaza.

PGMA needs surgical tables, sinks, plumbing, and other supplies so that it can properly conduct the funeral rites.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to Prince George’s Muslim Association to help purchase supplies so that it can provide funeral services to the community.

“Invite all to the path of your Lord with wisdom and kindly exhortation, and reason with them in the most courteous manner.  For your Lord knows best those who have strayed from His path and those who are rightly guided.”
– [Quran 16:125]

Category: Community Outreach

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-sixth $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: Unity Productions Foundation

Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) is a non-profit educational foundation that works through the media to produce films and documentaries that serve the causes of peace and understanding.  UPF seeks to build a respected media foundation, creating high-quality films for worldwide broadcast and long-term educational campaigns that increase understanding and dialogue among the world’s spiritual and cultural traditions.

With its high-quality films, UPF intends to excite and entertain large national audiences and seeks to become the centerpiece for well designed educational outreach programs in classrooms, museums, community organizations, and public institutions.

UPF’s current projects are focused on creating greater understanding about Muslims and Islam.   One such project is a three-part film festival in the Washington D.C. Metro area that uses UPF’s 20,000 Dialogues methodologies and films.

The purpose of the films and discussions are to build a better understanding of Muslims and Islam amongst people of diverse backgrounds, and to develop social action initiatives that enable participants to make a difference to better their communities at large.  The event will be organized in small group dialogue-based discussions for young processionals of diverse faith and ethnic background and will attract over 450 individuals.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to Unity Productions Foundation to co-sponsor its film festival aimed at community outreach.

A dead person was brought to the Prophet (PBUH) so that he might lead the funeral prayer for him. He asked, “Is he in debt?” When the people replied in the negative, he led the funeral prayer. Another dead person was brought and he asked, “Is he in debt?” They said, “Yes.” He (refused to lead the prayer and) said, “Lead the prayer of your friend.” Abu Qatada said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I undertake to pay his debt.” Allah’s Apostle then led his funeral prayer.
- [Bukhari]

The Prophet (PBUH) said: “If someone leaves some property, it will be for the inheritors, and if he leaves some weak offspring, it will be for us to support them.”
-[Bukhari]

Category: Debt Relief

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-fifth $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: Muslimat Al Nisaa

Muslimat Al Nisaa is a Baltimore based nonprofit that provides health, education, shelter and other social services to the underserved population in general, and to Muslim women and children in particular, around the DC Metro Area.

One of Muslimat Al Nisaa’s programs often overlooked is its debt relief initiative. Ninety percent of those who are not victims of domestic violence come to Muslimat Al Nisaa because they have insurmountable debt. With the current economy, Muslimat Al Nisaa is witnessing a greater number of debt related cases. As a result of losing their jobs, these women use up their savings, are unable to pay their many bills and lose their car, their home, and their livelihood.

Muslimat Al Nisaa provides these victims with shelter allowing them time to adjust and be able to repay their debt. These women are allowed to stay for a duration of time based on each individualís healing and self-sufficiency process. Muslimat Al Nisaa also provides opportunities for its residents to assess occupational opportunities helping these women recover and rebuild their lives. Muslimat Al Nisaa also works in the Muslim community and the community-at-large to educate them about the current economical conditions affecting their residents so that it can continue to provides its services.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to Muslimat Al Nisaa for its debt relief initiative.

The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his
neighbor, and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should entertain his guest generously
and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet (i.e.
abstain from all kinds of evil and dirty talk).
- [Bukhari]

Category: Neighborhood Improvement

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-fourth $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: New Community ArtSpace

New Community’s ArtSpace engages youth and adults in workshops and community-based arts projects that help transform and empower individuals and the neighborhood. It provides an affordable avenue for artists to express themselves, share and gather skills, create economic opportunities and find
fellowship with each other while adding significant value to the renewal of the Shaw neighborhood in
Washington DC.

The ArtSpace was started in 1999 and encourages people of all ages, faiths and walks of life to come together and find common ground through art thereby improving the relationships of and strengthening
the community for residents of Shaw Neighborhood.

ArtSpace’s workshops are held during fall, spring and summer trimesters with art shows featuring student work at the end of each session. Each month the ArtSpace features a local artist in its main
classroom/gallery area to bring art directly into the neighborhood.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award New Community ArtSpace $1,000 for its initiative to improve the Shaw Neighborhood through its art workshops.

You can follow New Community ArtSpace:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=54111211162

The Prophet (PBUH) said: “I and those who care for orphans will be in the Garden like this,” and he pointed with his forefinger and middle finger and made an opening between them.
– [Bukhari]

Category: Orphans

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-third $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: Family Matters of Greater Washington

Family Matters of Greater Washington was founded in 1882 and is one of the oldest, nationally accredited social service organizations in the Washington metro area.  Through its services, Family Matters has revolutionized a number of programs in the greater DC community, such as the first District of Columbia Boy’s Club (1901); the first summer camp for African-American mothers and children (1907); the first day care program for children of working parents (WWII); the first assembled family foster homes (1963); the city’s first multi-services senior center (1969); D.C.’s first weekend respite program for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers (1986); and the first free adoption resource center for families in all stages of adoption in the District (2003).

Today, Family Matters provides assistance to more than 12,000 children, youth, families and seniors each year.  Their programs include affordable childcare; therapeutic and traditional foster care; youth development programs; mental health/counseling services; and services for seniors.

In its adoption and foster care program, each child is placed in a loving and supportive foster home.  The goal is to find a permanent placement for a child within fifteen months of entering the system.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award Family Matters of Greater Washington $1,000 for its foster and adoptive care services.

The Prophet (PBUH) said: “When a man dies, his acts come to an end, but three, recurring charity, or knowledge (by which people) benefit, or a pious son, who prays for him (the deceased).”
– [Sahih Muslim]

Category: Education

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-second $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: The Generation Project

The Generation Project is an educational philanthropy that allows donors to become actively involved in their giving.  The Project’s goals are to generate ideas to benefit low income K to 12 students, generate new philanthropists by actively involving donors in the giving process, and empowering the next generation by harnessing the ingenuity of individuals to improve educational opportunities.

The Generation Project encourages donors to share their passions, priorities and expertise with low-income students by allowing the donors to identify how the donated money is to be used.  This allows donors to have greater involvement for educational initiatives at low-income schools.  Through this initiative, The Generation Project hopes to draw young donors into educational philanthropy.

To celebrate the start of the 2010-2011 school year, The Generation Project is launching a campaign where it has set aside $20,000 that it won in the Chase Community Giving challenge, and will use to double the impact that its donors want to see.  For example, M100’s $1000 grant to buy SAT books for low-income students will trigger The Generation Project to put an identical gift in place.  This identical gift is at no cost to M100 or any other donor.  In essence, the impact of M100’s $1000 grant is doubled and twice as many kids benefit from the donation.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to The Generation Project to help supply SAT books to low-income students.

You can follow The Generation Project:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thegenerationproject
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/generationproject
Twitter: @thegenproject

The 60 Second Sadaqa Video contest is co-sponsored by the M100 Foundation and CreativeMuslims.com. Through its 30/30 Campaign, the M100 Foundation is giving out a $1,000 grant for each night of Ramadan in order to fulfill important needs in the Baltimore-Washington DC metropolitan area and to spread awareness about sadaqa, that which is done of compassion and generosity, voluntarily for the sake of Allah (swt). Together with Creative Muslims, they have teamed up to create 60 Second Sadaqa, a video contest to showcase what everyday people are doing to help their communities.

To enter, put together a 60 second video showing how an individual or group is making a difference in their community. All the videos will be featured on the M100 and Creative Muslims YouTube Channels and respective blogs, with prizes including a 16 GB Apple iPad for first place, an UltraHD FlipCam and tripod for second place, and 4 VIP tickets to Poetic Vision Tour for third place. The deadline for registration and submission is September 9, 2010 at midnight. All the eligible entries will be posted to the M100 YouTube page, and voting will be on YouTube from September 13 through September 17. The videos with the most views and ratings will win, and the winners will be announced September 20, 2010.

Send in your video today!

“God loves the just.”
– [Quran 5:42]

The Prophet (PBUH) said: “There is Sadaqa to be given for every joint of the human body; and for every day on which the sun rises there is a reward of a Sadaqa (i.e. charitable gift) for the one who establishes justice among people.”
- [Bukhari]

Category: Social Justice

The M100 Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-first $1,000 grant recipient of the M100 Foundation 30/30 Initiative: Jews United For Justice

Jews United For Justice (JUFJ) is a Washington area Jewish organization that pursues justice and equality for the local community.

JUFJ runs many programs.  One of its programs is the Jeremiah Fellowship program, which seeks to educate and train a select cohort of young adults to become the next generation of social justice change makers.

The Jeremiah Fellowship impacts the DC Metro area by training Fellows to become crucial volunteer leaders in local organizations that are improving the lives of people in the DC area.  Each fellow commits to taking on a major volunteer project as a culmination of the program.  Several of this year’s Fellows have committed to work with JUFJ to protect the rights of immigrant workers, preserve affordable housing, and maintain crucial social safety net services across the region.

Other fellows are planning to work to improve the working conditions of DC’s restaurant workers, hold a candidate forum to encourage Ward 6 DC City Council members to focus on poverty and affordable housing, and work with other area nonprofit organizations to increase their capacity.  With their increased experience and knowledge, their renewed commitment to work for change, and the relationships that they have build during the fellowship, the work of the Fellows will multiply out into the community during the final project and into the future.

The M100 Foundation is proud to award $1,000 to Jews United For Justice to help with the Jeremiah Fellowship Project.