Transformative giving is the best of charity
A MESSAGE FROM SHAYKH FARAZ RABBANI, Executive Director of SeekersGuidance
Help us spread Islamic knowledge: Support SeekersGuidance in spreading Islamic knowledge without barriers by donating now.
SeekersGuidance is transitioning to making all its educational services completely free. To do this, we need your donations & support: Give what you can, and encourage as many people as you can to also give.
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A MESSAGE FROM IMAM AFROZ ALI, Managing Director of SeekersGuidance
The benefit of knowledge is manifested in two ways – through sharing it and by acting on it. SeekersGuidance is committed to both, and with your generous support and assistance we can together spread wide the benefits.
Through qualified and professional standards, SeekersGuidance is striving to bring to life the Sunnah of the Beloved Messenger, upon whom be peace and blessings of Allah, one of which informs us that “If one person gets guided through your effort, it is better for you than a red she-camel.” The success of an organisation is ultimately sustainability.
Allah Ta’ala is the Sustainer of all things, and we are the means by which we direct the Favours of Allah upon us for noble efforts to be sustained. SeekersGuidance is such a noble effort, and you are such a noble means – support SeekersGuidance through your donations!
OUR SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES
1) Online Academy: When we launched SeekersGuidance, we told you our Online Academy was our main focus and by the Grace of God we have experienced great success in developing our Online Academy. We have:
- Enrolled over 1,500 unique students.
- Served over 3,000 students with our free courses
- Taught over 25 unique classes.
- Given a platform to 10 unique and talented teachers from across the Western world
2) Answers: Our interactive platform for fielding people’s questions has been a staff favorite at Seekers Guidance because it really puts the common Muslim in contact with the scholars in a judgement free environment. We have:
- Answered over 5,000 questions
- Built a searchable online database with over 750 searchable answers and 1,000 more on the way with our web relaunch
- Trained 5 young scholars on answering community questions in an effective, comprehensive, and comforting manner
3) Retreats: Our yearly retreats have become the place where many of our students interact and meet and build their bonds. We have:
- Hosted 4 retreats in America and Australia
- Served over 700 students
- Taught over 20 classes
In addition to these significant accomplishments we have launched SeekersCircles, maintained an award-winning blog, hosted over a dozen webinars, and produced regular webcasts!
WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP
SeekersGuidance started as a 100% volunteer organization and until the beginning of 2011 only had 2 paid part-time staff members. We are proud of our volunteer base and aspire to keep our General and Administrative rates below 10% but we need your help to bring on key staff and take our unique program proposition to the next level!
A NOTE ON OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL
The SeekersGuidance team believes education should be accessible to everyone. In the past we have not had to do very much fundraising because our online academy generated enough revenue on a semester-to-semester basis to stay afloat, just barely, as a relatively smaller operation. This has become harder to sustain while maintaining an affordable service without fundraising because our influence and workload has grown exponentially and so have our operations.
THE FUNDING WE NEED AND WHERE THE MONEY WILL FLOW
We are asking that our long-time supporters make a commitment to us this summer. We need to grow our regular contributors list to $15,000 and attract an initial capital outlay of $40,000 to get SeekersGuidance off to a good start this Ramadan. Please make a commitment to SeekersGuidance today, spread the word, and continue to support SeekersGuidance!
PROGRAMS
Online Academy $57,400
Seminars/Webinars $10,950
Answers Service $20,000
SeekersCircles $2,600
Personnel $84,000
Total Program Costs $174,950
GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE
Office and IT Costs $6,200
Accounting and Legal Services $3,755
Personnel $24,000
Total G&A Costs $33,955
Fundraising Costs
Advertising/Graphic Design $4,000
Printing/Letters/Postage Costs $6,000
Total Fundraising Costs $10,000
Total Budget Needs $218,905
HOW TO MAKE A DONATION TODAY
1) Online: Monthly Donations or One-Time Donations
2) For Wires and Direct Deposits/ACH:
Bank Of America
SeekersGuidance Inc.
24700 Hesperian Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94545 USA
Account Number 08611-74952
Routing Number 121000358
3) For Checks:
SeekersGuidance
P.O. Box 1251
Fremont, CA 94538
Please spread the word and keep the SeekersGuidance family in your prayers!