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أمانةAmanahWorking name · Vision & roadmap

Give with trust.
See it land.

One global home for giving. Open to every faith and to people of none. Every cause is verified, every gift is tracked to delivery, and no platform fee is ever taken from a donation.

0% platform fee Verified causes only Proof of delivery Zakat done right

Prepared by NezT Digital · November 2026

Giving now
    Illustrative feed. First name and city only, with consent.
    The moment

    The world needs more giving. Donors need more reasons to trust it.

    Need is rising, aid budgets are being cut, and donors keep saying the same thing: show me where my money went.

    $617B

    Given in the US in 2025, the first year above $600B. Generosity is not the problem.

    −35.8%

    Humanitarian aid from governments in 2025, the largest drop on record. Private giving must fill the gap.

    19%

    of Americans highly trust charities. 73% say trust matters before they give.

    18.9%

    of first-time donors give again. Platforms win the first gift and lose the person.

    Sources: Giving USA 2026 (2025 data); OECD preliminary ODA data, Apr 2026; BBB Give.org Donor Trust Report 2025; Fundraising Effectiveness Project 2025.

    The whole idea on one page

    Everyone aligned on one vision, from A to Z.

    Vision

    A world where anyone, of any faith, can help anyone in need, and know for certain it arrived.

    Amanah means a trust held on behalf of others. That is the job: carry every gift safely to the person it was meant for.

    Mission

    Make giving simple, verified and visible.

    Three taps to give. Real people behind every cause. Proof that it landed.

    Who it serves

    Donors of every faith and none.

    Muslims get faith-aware tools (zakat, sadaqah, mosque giving). Everyone else gets a trusted place to help.

    What we promise

    0% platform fee. Never hold donor money.

    Gifts settle straight into the verified charity's own account. Tips are optional and shown separately.

    How it sustains itself

    Optional tips, plus tools mosques pay for.

    Tip revenue funds promotion of more causes, so the platform grows the pie instead of taking a cut.

    Where it starts

    Ramadan 2027 pilot, then the world.

    Mosques and verified charities in the US first, carried by voices the Ummah already trusts.

    Who it is for

    Built from the Ummah. Open to humanity.

    After Christchurch in 2019, about 40,000 people in 125 countries gave through one Muslim-led appeal, and the organisers say at least half were not Muslim. A year earlier, Muslims raised over $200,000 for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Need has no religion, and neither should the door.

    Faith-aware

    Zakat calculator, zakat-verified causes, sadaqah, fidya and mosque giving, each handled by its own rules.

    Faith-open

    Anyone can give, in their own words. "General gift" sits beside "Sadaqah" with no religious gatekeeping.

    Need-first

    Help reaches people because they are in need, whatever their faith. That is what makes it trustworthy to all.

    Muslims
    One cause:
    people in need
    Gaza · Sudan · orphans · water · your street
    The market

    A half-trillion-dollar habit that is moving online.

    $617B

    US giving in 2025, the largest giving market on earth. $151.6B of it went to religion.

    ~$350B

    Global zakat potential every year (conservative UNHCR estimate). About 2 billion Muslims, 26% of humanity.

    4.3×

    UK Muslims give 4.3 times the national average. US Muslims gave $1.8B in zakat in 2021 alone.

    +15%

    Online giving grew 15% in 2025. Monthly giving is now 27% of online revenue.

    $688M

    Raised on LaunchGood from 2.1M donors, and $100.9M for Gaza in a single year. The faith-led model works online.

    Sources: Giving USA 2026; UNHCR official in The National, Mar 2026 (estimates vary widely); Pew 2025; Blue State 2025; IU Lilly School 2021; M+R Benchmarks 2026; LaunchGood About page, Nov 2026.

    $617BUS giving / year
    $151.6BTo religion / year
    $1.8B
    US Muslim zakat alone
    Market position

    Everyone picks reach or trust. Nobody owns both.

    Open platforms reach everyone but verify little. Faith platforms earn trust but serve one community. The top-right corner is empty.

    Verified + open to all Trusted, but narrow Open, but thin on proof Local tools Reach: one community → everyone, worldwide Trust: basic checks → verified + proof of delivery
    GoFundMe
    JustGiving
    GlobalGiving
    LaunchGood
    Islamic Relief
    Givelify
    Masjidbox
    Zeffy
    Amanah

    Positioning is our own assessment of public product features and published policies, November 2026.

    What the leaders do

    We studied them all. We keep the best, fix the rest.

    Sources: company sites and fee pages; Trustpilot (Nov 2026); Al Jazeera, Jun 2025; ABC7, Oct 2025; The Independent, Mar 2025; UK Charity Commission; Dallas Innovates, Oct 2025.

    Voice of the donor

    We read the reviews. They tell us exactly what to build.

    Over 35,000 public reviews on Trustpilot alone, plus app stores, regulators and the press. The same complaints come up again and again.

    Reviews paraphrased from Trustpilot pages read on 14 Nov 2026. Stats: Trustpilot; M+R Benchmarks 2026; Muslim Charities Forum survey, Jan 2025; NeonOne donor churn survey 2026.

    Lessons learned

    Ten mistakes the industry keeps making. Ten fixes built in.

    Hover or tap a card to turn it over.

    Honest about ourselves

    The traps that could catch us too, and the guardrail for each.

    Strong partners deserve a plan that names its own risks. These are the ones that have hurt others in this space.

    Growing faster than we can verify

    One fake campaign can undo years of trust.

    →

    Verified organisations only at launch

    Personal appeals come later, and only when a verified charity vouches for them.

    Tip pressure creeping up

    Revenue targets tempt every platform to raise the default.

    →

    Tip rule written into the charter

    Starts at $0, opt-in only, never taken from zakat. Any change needs the trust board.

    Leaning on a few famous voices

    If one voice faces controversy, the brand shares it.

    →

    Many voices, one code of conduct

    Scholars endorse causes, never the company. Every voice signs the same rules.

    Politics leaking in

    Humanitarian causes sit close to political ones.

    →

    Strict political neutrality

    No candidates, no campaigns, no party content. Officials appear only in non-political roles.

    Banks and processors de-risking

    Muslim charities have had accounts frozen with little warning.

    →

    Compliance as a feature

    Sanctions screening, documented due diligence, and a backup payment provider from day one.

    Building everything at once

    Marketplaces, rewards and resale distract from the core.

    →

    A strict cut line

    Give, verify, prove. Everything else waits until the core is loved.

    The solution

    Four pillars. One trusted place to give.

    Each pillar comes straight from a lesson in the market, and together they cover what no single platform covers today.

    1

    Trust layer

    • Verified charities, mosques and partners
    • Money never pools with us
    • Proof of delivery on every cause
    Learned from: frozen funds and fake campaigns on open platforms
    2

    Cause discovery

    • Clear cause tiles: children, women, water, emergency
    • "You may also care about" nudges
    • Every amount says what it does
    Learned from: As-Sunnah Foundation's cause-by-cause structure
    3

    Habit engine

    • Every Friday, every Ramadan night
    • Zakat tracker that brings donors back
    • Mosque QR after every prayer
    Learned from: low donor retention across the whole sector
    4

    Trusted voices

    • Scholars and leaders front verified causes
    • Tracked links, public disclosure
    • Reach on day one, not year five
    Learned from: creator-led giving, which raises in days what ads raise in months
    The feeling

    Never hard. Never heavy. Simple, warm, and worth coming back to.

    We designed the emotion first and the screens second. Every step lifts the donor a little higher.

    1Notice

    "Someone needs help."

    A voice they trust shares one clear cause. No guilt, no shock images.

    2Feel

    "I can actually fix this."

    Each amount says what it does: $25 is a week of shelter for one child.

    3Choose

    "This is right for me."

    Sadaqah, zakat or a general gift. Once, monthly or every Friday.

    4Give

    "That was easy."

    Three taps with Apple Pay or Google Pay. No account wall.

    5Proof

    "It really arrived."

    Photo, place and date when the help is delivered, sent to their phone.

    6Return

    "What else can I do?"

    A related cause, a Friday habit, a zakat goal to finish. Curiosity, never pressure.

    The product · try it

    From "I want to help" to "it arrived" in under a minute.

    9:41●●● 5G
    Good evening, Sara
    Where will your kindness go today?
    Emergency
    Gaza: emergency medical supplies
    $412,880 raised72%
    Give by need See all
    Trusted voices Follow
    IMScholar
    NKScholar
    DALeader
    +Your imam
    VerifiedZakat-eligible
    Night shelter for street children, Dhaka
    Run by a registered charity · ID checked · bank verified
    $38,420 of $50,0001,284 donors
    Where your money goes
    Beds, meals and safety78%
    Teachers and counsellors17%
    Admin (charity, not us)5%
    Latest proof · 3 days ago
    40 children slept safely this weekPhoto, location and receipts posted by the charity.
    Choose an amount
    My intention
    How often
    Support Amanah optional

    Not part of your gift. 100% of your $25 goes to the cause.

    Gift to cause$25.00
    Optional tip$0.00
    Total$25.00
    JazakAllahu khayran, Sara
    Your $25 is on its way. Receipt sent.
    ✓
    Received by the charityStraight into their verified account · just now
    Being put to workShelter beds booked for this week
    Delivered, with proofWe will send photo, place and date
    Because you care about children
    Their mothers need skills training in Sylhet12 more donors close this goal.
    HomeDiscoverImpactMe
    On the web

    A homepage that starts with what you want to do.

    Other platforms open with sponsored campaigns. We open with intentions, because donors arrive knowing what they want to give.

    amanah.org
    CausesWays to giveMosquesZakatProofSign inGive now
    Give with trust.
    See it land.

    Verified causes in 40+ countries. 0% platform fee. Every gift tracked to delivery.

    Sadaqah ▾Gaza emergency ▾$50Once ▾Give
    Ramadan nightsGive every night of the last ten. Set it once.
    Pay zakat
    Sadaqah
    My mosque
    Children
    Water
    Women
    Emergency
    General gift
    Emergency
    Medical supplies for Gaza hospitals
    $412K72%
    Zakat-eligible
    Night shelter for street children
    $38K77%
    Verified
    Wells for Tharparkar villages
    $22K45%
    Mosque
    Hamtramck masjid: new windows
    $46K31%
    1Quick-give bar. Intention, cause, amount and frequency in one line, on every page.
    2Seasonal hero. Ramadan, Dhul Hijjah and year-end switch on automatically.
    3Intention tiles. Donors start from what they want to do, including a general gift for anyone.
    4Honest badges. Verified, zakat-eligible and emergency are earned, never self-applied.
    Faith-aware, faith-open

    Zakat done right. Everyone else welcome.

    A wrongly labelled zakat gift is a religious problem, not a bookkeeping one. So every intention has its own rules, its own ledger and its own badge, approved by an independent scholar board.

    Zakat

    Only to scholar-approved causes

    Kept in a separate ledger. No tip or fee ever comes out of zakat.

    Sadaqah

    Any cause, any time

    The default for most gifts, including Friday and Ramadan-night plans.

    General gift

    For donors of any faith or none

    Same causes, same proof, no religious language required.

    Try the zakat calculator
    Your zakat for the year (2.5%)
    Above nisab · zakat is due
    $1,100

    Sample figures. In the product, the live nisab and the rules on each asset come from the scholar board, and the result becomes the donor's zakat goal.

    At the mosque

    Scan after Jumu'ah. Give in 20 seconds.

    Your team's research got this exactly right: mosques are the most trusted door into the community. Every mosque gets permanent QR codes, a live total and a treasurer dashboard, free.

    0s

    Scan the poster

    No app, no account. The code never expires.

    4s

    Mosque page opens

    Name and verified badge, so a fake sticker is easy to spot.

    9s

    Pick a fund and amount

    General, building, iftar, zakat (if approved). "Every Friday" toggle.

    14s

    Apple Pay or Google Pay

    Money lands in the mosque's own account.

    20s

    Receipt, and the screen updates

    The lobby screen ticks up. Next Friday, the imam shares what it built.

    أمانة

    Masjid An-Noor

    Building fund · $46,200 of $150,000
    1 Scan2 Tap Pay3 Done
    amanah.org/m/an-noor · receipts issued by the masjid
    Trust architecture

    Trust is the product. So we built it in six layers.

    Each layer answers a question a donor, a scholar, a bank or a regulator will ask.

    Who is behind it?Identity & legal checks

    Registration and tax-ID match, officer ID checks, bank ownership, sanctions screening, then a human reviewer.

    Where does the money sit?Never with us

    Gifts settle straight into the charity's or mosque's own account through a licensed payment provider.

    Is the zakat valid?Independent scholar board

    Publicly named scholars write the zakat policy and approve every zakat-eligible cause. Separate zakat ledger.

    Did it arrive?Proof of delivery

    Photos, places, dates and receipts. Big or overseas causes release funds in milestones tied to proof.

    What if something is wrong?Report, freeze, refund

    Report button everywhere, answered within 24 hours. New donations can be paused in minutes.

    How does the platform earn?Nothing hidden

    A public fees page, a quarterly transparency report, and no paid placement without a clear label.

    The money mechanism

    The gift goes to the cause. Only the tip comes to us.

    Because the platform never holds donor money, it stays light on regulation and heavy on trust.

    DonorCard, Apple Pay, bank Licensed payment providerCard data never touches us Charity's own accountVerified · receipt in its name DeliveredProof back to donor Amanah (optional tip)Shown separately, never zakat Grows the piePromotes more causes GIFT · 100% TIP · OPTIONAL

    No pooling

    No admin, staff role or API key can move, pause or redirect donated funds.

    Zakat ledger

    Zakat is tagged at checkout and can never be edited or mixed.

    Instant receipts

    Issued in the charity's name, with a year-end statement every January.

    Immutable record

    Refunds and corrections add new entries. History is never rewritten.

    Business model · try it

    Tips are the fuel. Generosity pays for growth.

    The tipping culture donors know from US apps, applied with care: opt-in, separate, never from zakat. Even without pre-selected tips, giving platforms see most donors tip: LaunchGood reports over 70%, Zeffy about two in three.

    Giving through Amanah per year$100M
    Donors who choose to tip65%
    Average tip when they do7%
    Mosques on the Pro plan ($39 / month)500

    Illustrative model for discussion. Inputs are adjustable assumptions, not forecasts.

    Platform revenue per year
    $4.8M
    while 100% of every gift goes to the cause
    Optional donor tips$4.6MMain engine. Zero is always one tap away.
    Mosque Pro tools$234KLobby screens, analytics, donor messages. Core QR giving stays free.
    Later: corporate matching and giving daysPhase 3Companies pay to match employee giving. Always labelled.
    Where tip revenue goes (proposed)
    40% promoting causes30% product and engineering20% trust, checks and support10% reserve
    Why it compounds

    Every gift makes the next one easier.

    Trust is slow to build and hard to copy. Once the wheel turns, each part pushes the next: trusted voices bring donors, proof brings them back, and their tips pay to bring more causes to more people.

    The moat

    Verified partners, a scholar board, delivery data and relationships with mosques take years to copy.

    The engine

    Tips fund promotion, so growth comes from generosity rather than from taking a cut of donations.

    أمانةTrust compounds
    Go to market

    We don't buy reach. We start with it.

    The voices aligned with this vision already reach over 20 million followers. Creator-led giving is proven: one trusted voice can raise in days what ads raise in a year.

    $40M+#TeamWater, a creator-led clean-water drive (2025)
    £10.9MMyTenNights from 100K+ donors in one Ramadan (2020)
    $100.9MGiven for Gaza on LaunchGood in one year (to Oct 2024)
    $3.06MOne influencer's Gaza hot-meals appeal, 31K supporters

    Mosques

    Pilot mosques with QR kits, imam scripts and a free setup, then city by city.

    Voices

    Each voice fronts verified causes with a tracked link and a public disclosure.

    Seasons

    Ramadan, Dhul Hijjah, Fridays and year-end give us built-in launch moments.

    Ambassadors

    Youth volunteers and community leaders run team pages and giving circles.

    Reach from public trackers (Wikipedia, Social Blade, The New Arab), Nov 2026. Benchmarks: TheWrap 2025; Fundraising UK 2020; LaunchGood About page and campaign page. Names appear only with each person's written approval; scholars endorse causes, not the company.

    Timing is everything

    Giving has seasons. Our launch rides them.

    Hijri dates are estimates and can shift by a day. Each moment has a ready-made campaign, reminders and a home-page takeover.

    DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    GivingTuesday1 Dec 2026 · soft launch moment
    Ramadan 1448~8 Feb – 9 Mar 2027 · pilot goes live
    Last ten nightsFrom ~27 Feb · nightly plans
    Eid al-Fitr~9 Mar · Zakat al-Fitr closes
    Dhul Hijjah~7–16 May · Qurbani
    Day of Arafah~15 May 2027
    Islamic New Year~6 Jun · Ashura ~15 Jun
    Floods & disastersJun – Sep · rapid appeals
    Year-end givingGivingTuesday 2027 + US tax season
    Every Friday: Jumu'ah giving, 52 times a year
    Roadmap

    From pilot to planet in five steps.

    Each phase has a gate. We only move on when the trust checks for that phase are passed.

    Now – mid Dec 2026

    Foundation

    • Legal entity and counsel
    • Scholar and trust board named
    • Payment provider approved
    • 5 pilot mosques, 10 charities signed
    Gate: agreements signed, money path approved
    Dec 2026 – Mar 2027

    Ramadan pilot

    • Web app, mosque QR, causes
    • Zakat calculator and ledger
    • Receipts, dashboards, admin
    • Voices launch the first appeals
    Gate: zero fund-routing incidents
    Mar – Jun 2027

    Public launch

    • iOS and Android apps
    • Impact tracker and proof feed
    • Qurbani for Dhul Hijjah
    • Live event screen for dinners
    Gate: pilot retention and NPS targets met
    H2 2027

    Go global

    • UK, Canada, Malaysia, Gulf next
    • Multi-currency, local tax receipts
    • Arabic, Urdu, Bangla, Malay, French
    • Fundraise-for-a-cause pages
    Gate: country legal review per market
    2028 +

    Scale

    • Corporate matching
    • Waqf endowments
    • Giving circles and families
    • Open API for charities
    Gate: independent audit published
    Built to carry the last ten nights

    Enterprise engineering. Ready for peak night.

    The 27th night of Ramadan can bring more traffic in an hour than a normal week. The platform is built and load-tested for that moment.

    People
    Donor webiOS & AndroidMosque screenCharity portalAdmin
    Core
    CausesGiving & plansLedgerTrust & reviewProof & impact
    Data
    PostgreSQL ledgerQueue & cachePrivate document vault
    Partners
    Stripe ConnectApple / Google PayID & bank checksSanctions screeningEmail & SMS
    100+

    Full-stack engineers ready to staff the build

    5,000+

    People across the wider delivery group

    24/7

    Follow-the-sun support across time zones

    0

    Card numbers stored on our servers

    Security and quality bar

    Two-factor login for every admin, role-based access, encryption in transit and at rest, a full audit log, accessibility to WCAG 2.1 AA, right-to-left layouts from day one, and an external security review before public launch.

    Side by side

    What donors want, in one place for the first time.

    ● yes · ◐ partly · ○ no. Our assessment from public features and policies, November 2026, to be re-checked before external use.

    What success looks like

    Targets we will hold ourselves to.

    Ambitious, but grounded in what faith-led platforms have already reached. Proposed for discussion, to be set together.

    Ramadan pilot Mar 2027

    Mosques live5–10
    Verified charities10+
    Donors10,000
    Given through the platform$1M
    Fund-routing incidents0

    Year one Dec 2027

    Mosques live250
    Verified charities300
    Donors250,000
    Given through the platform$25M
    Donors who give again55%

    Year three 2029

    Countries with local receipts8
    Verified partners3,000
    Donors2.5M
    Given through the platform$300M
    Gifts with delivery proof90%
    The ask

    Let's build the place the world trusts to give.

    The research is done, the voices are ready, and the team is in place. Four decisions take us from this deck to Ramadan.

    Step 1 · This week

    Agree the vision and sign the mutual NDA

    Step 2 · 2 weeks

    Name the scholar board and the legal entity

    Step 3 · 4 weeks

    Sign pilot mosques and the first verified charities

    Step 4 · Feb 2027

    Go live for Ramadan 1448

    رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا
    "Our Lord, accept this from us." (Qur'an 2:127)

    NezT Digital · Technology partner · Amanah is a working name

    أمانةAmanah