Summary:
This message shares important context about the school’s financial planning and how community support will shape decisions for the upcoming 2026–2027 school year.
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm
For the first time since this school opened, the school has reached a point where its future depends on collective community support. Its future remains uncertain.
Many in our community view this school as a blessing from Allah ﷻ—something rare and precious, and a responsibility worthy of care.
In just 2.5 years, the school has grown from five students to nearly one hundred—an achievement made possible by the will of Allah and the trust of families who believed in this mission.
Our community now faces a critical decision. In the upcoming months: we must decide whether we want to uphold this Amana (Trust) and unite to support the school, or whether it will be unable to continue into the 2026-2027 School Year.
To plan responsibly for the 2026–2027 school year, the school must be able to confirm sustainable financial support by March 20, 2026. This timeline allows for thoughtful planning, responsible hiring decisions, and clear communication with families—without last-minute uncertainty.
Dear families and community members,
This letter is written with sincerity, humility, and urgency. It is not easy to write, but it is necessary.
This school was founded with a purpose rooted in faith and service:
To nurture children in an environment where faith and learning are inseparable, where Muslim children are inspired to grow in knowledge and love of Allah, and where Islam is not an afterthought but the foundation of every lesson, every interaction, and every aspiration.
The goal was not education in isolation, but education that nurtures the whole child — spiritually, intellectually, and morally — anchored in an Islamic worldview.
By the mercy of Allah, this school has grown into something truly beautiful.
None of this happened by accident. We believe the sincerity of the effort, the intention behind it, and the people who believed in this mission were met with barakah from Allah.
But barakah is not meant to be admired from a distance. It is meant to be carried, protected, and sustained. And it calls us—not away from responsibility—but toward it.
Despite outward success, the financial reality is severe.
The school is currently operating at an average $40,000 monthly shortfall. Approximately $30,000 reflects the baseline recurring operating gap, while $40,000 represents the true monthly average needed to run the school responsibly over time, accounting for periodic and unavoidable costs.
For the past 2.5 years, the founder has personally absorbed the school’s operating shortfalls, allowing the school to grow without placing additional financial pressure on families. During this time, community donations were intentionally directed toward long-term infrastructure needs—including securing adjacent land necessary to support the school’s growth. This included establishing a temporary playground, an essential component of a healthy learning environment for children.
We are deeply grateful to the donors and families who contributed—through sadaqah and qarde ḥasana—to help make this possible.
That chapter of personal financial support has now reached its natural limit. The school's future now depends on collective community support.
Decisions about whether the school can operate in the 2026–2027 school year must be made by Friday March 20th, 2026. This timeline allows for thoughtful planning, responsible hiring decisions, and clear communication with families—without last-minute uncertainty.
This is the reality of nonprofit Islamic schools, where tuition alone is never sufficient without ongoing community support.
One understandable concern is whether this $40,000 monthly gap will exist forever. Transparency requires us to address that directly.
In the early years of any nonprofit school, costs are highest while efficiencies are still developing. As a school matures, enrollment stabilizes, operations become more efficient, and long-term fundraising becomes possible. None of these changes happen overnight. But they cannot happen at all if the school does not survive this moment.
When this school began, I committed to personally carrying its financial risk through its early years—so it could take root, establish a reputation of excellence, and demonstrate what is possible when faith, care, and quality come together. The intention was never for this support to be permanent, but to give the school time to grow and the community time to experience its value.
Along the way, parents reached out who were unable to afford full tuition. It was extremely difficult to turn away families, especially when you could look into a child’s eyes and see the desire to learn, to grow, and in some cases, to memorize the Qur’an. For that reason, I often reduced tuition or covered the gap myself.
As the school matured, enrollment grew, and the community’s connection to the school deepened, it became clear that tuition alone—no matter how carefully structured—would never fully cover the cost of operating a high-quality, faith-based school. Even today, if every family paid full tuition, it would still not be enough to meet the school’s ongoing needs.
The school has now reached a point where it can no longer rely on one individual to carry what must become a shared responsibility. I can no longer personally subsidize its operations. If this school is to continue and grow, it must now be sustained by the community it serves.
If sustainable monthly support is not established my March 20th 2026, the school will not be able to plan to operate for the 2026–2027 school year.
This would mean:
This is not a hypothetical future.
This is the present reality.
To stabilize and sustain the school, we need $40,000 per month in committed community support.
This is achievable—but only if many people step forward together.
We are asking for 12-month monthly pledges at the following levels:
Founders’ Circle Commitments
Community Support Commitments
Friends — $100/month
Supporters — $50/month
No amount is too small when carried together.
This school was never intended to be a personal asset. The building was acquired as a means to establish the school, and place of prayer and community, with the long-term goal of placing both the school, and place of prayer under community ownership, protected for generations.
The Spiritual Reality: Amanah, Sadaqah Jariyah, Legacy
We view this school as a blessing from Allah ﷻ and a shared responsibility—never meant to rest financially on one individual alone.
“Every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you will be asked about their flock.”
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Supporting this school is sadaqah jariyah:
Long after we are gone, the impact continues.
Years from now, children will say:
“This school existed because our community chose not to let it disappear.”
That is legacy.
The founder can no longer carry this alone.
If this school is to survive, it must now be carried by the community it serves.
We ask you—respectfully and urgently—to step forward, make a commitment, and help secure this amanah for our children and generations to come.
May Allah place barakah in every sincere intention, accept every sacrifice, and guide us to what pleases Him.
With humility and hope,
The School Leadership
If you would like to contribute, please do what you can or share this message.
To create stability for the school, we are asking the community to commit to 12 months of monthly support at any level they are able. Sustainability is achieved not by a few alone, but by many giving together.
Community Support Commitments
Friends — $100/month
Supporters — $50/month
Every level matters. A community of supporters giving $50 per month—when combined with higher-tier commitments—plays a critical role in closing the monthly gap and sustaining the school.
This effort is not about one group carrying the responsibility alone. It is about each person participating according to their means so that, together, we can protect this amanah (Trust).
Every commitment matters.
—it is about many people giving consistently.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
There have been fundraisers and membership opportunities. While some community members stepped forward, participation was limited and did not reach the level needed to cover the school’s operating costs.
This moment is not about assigning blame. It is about recognizing that the level of support required has now become unavoidable. The school can no longer rely on informal or intermittent giving.
Sustainable, collective support is needed now.
The school is currently operating at a $40,000 monthly deficit. For the past 2.5 years, any gap was covered personally by the founder. That support has now reached its limit.
Without committed monthly support by Friday, March 20th 2026, the school will not be able to operate for the 2026–2027 school year.
If sufficient support is not secured, the school will close at the end of the current school year and will not operate for the 2026–2027 academic year.
This would be a loss for students, families, staff, and the wider community—but it would be the result of insufficient collective support, not lack of success or demand.
The musallah will remain open and continue to operate. Only the school would be impacted.
The closure of the school does not mean the loss of the prayer space or community access to it.
Those families have played an important role in showing early commitment and belief in the school’s future.
If the community is unable to come together to collectively support the school, all prepaid tuition for the 2026–2027 school year will be fully refunded.
Doubling tuition would be required to close the gap—but doing so would make the school inaccessible to many families and contradict the school’s mission.
Islamic schools across the country rely on a combination of tuition and community support. Tuition alone is not a sustainable model for nonprofit faith-based education.
Not necessarily, In the early years of any nonprofit school, costs are often highest as systems, enrollment, staffing, and operations are still developing.
This figures adjusts based on enrollment numbers and strategic direction of the school. Intentional investment in quality—such as strong educators, thoughtful programming and curriculum, and supportive infrastructure—which often leads to increased enrollment, broader community interest, and expanded donor support from both local families and supporters beyond the immediate community.
It is also important to clarify that the $40,000 monthly gap reflects the cost required to operate the school responsibly—including teachers, staff, facilities, and core programs. This number does not include the repayment of qard ḥasana (goodly loans) that were generously given by individuals to help secure the adjacent land where the playground is located needed to support the school’s growth.
In the immediate term, the focus of this timeline is to stabilize the school’s operating costs so that it can continue to function and plan responsibly. As stability is achieved and community support grows, the school/community center will also be able to responsibly address its obligations to those who extended qard ḥasana, honoring that trust with care and integrity.
This campaign focuses first on securing the school’s ability to operate. Stability must come before anything else. Any donations that exceed this goal will be applied towards the Qarde Hasana.
The goal is not to remain in a permanent state of crisis, but to create the stability needed to invest wisely, grow responsibly, and build a stronger foundation—one that allows the school to sustain its operations, fulfill its obligations, and move toward long-term sustainability.
Growth, waitlists, and strong enrollment are signs of demand, not financial sustainability.
Success in education does not automatically translate into financial stability. Without ongoing community support, even well-loved schools cannot operate responsibly.
The financial challenge is not the result of mismanagement, but of the realities of running a nonprofit Islamic school without broad-based community support.
This is an understandable question, especially for those unfamiliar with how nonprofit Islamic schools operate.
Running a full-time school involves significant fixed and recurring costs that do not scale down with enrollment. These include qualified teachers and staff, payroll taxes and benefits, curriculum and academic resources, utilities, insurance, technology, maintenance, and administrative infrastructure.
Many of these costs can exist whether the school has 50 students or 150.
In addition, early-stage schools often incur one-time and front-loaded costs, such as classroom buildouts, furnishings, technology systems, and program development—expenses that are necessary to establish a safe, effective learning environment but are not always visible to the community.
Tuition is intentionally kept as accessible as possible to families. Even when families pay full tuition, it does not fully cover the true cost of providing a high-quality, faith-based education.
This is why Islamic schools across the country rely on a combination of tuition and ongoing community support.
The current monthly gap is not a sign of failure. It reflects the real cost of operating a quality Islamic school responsibly—especially in its early years—before efficiencies and long-term sustainability mechanisms can fully take effect.
You may notice that we reference both $30,000 and $40,000 when discussing the school’s monthly financial needs. We want to clarify this transparently.
The $30,000 figure represents the school’s baseline recurring operating gap. This is the consistent shortfall that remains each month after tuition is applied to regular expenses such as teacher and staff salaries, payroll taxes and benefits, utilities, curriculum, and daily operations.
However, schools do not operate only on “average” months.
When we account for real-world fixed and variable costs that arise over the course of a year, the true monthly average is closer to $40,000. These additional costs include:
Facility and building maintenance (such as HVAC, plumbing, and safety-related repairs)
Technology replacement and infrastructure upkeep
Insurance, compliance, and regulatory expenses
Periodic building improvements required for a growing school
Utility fluctuations and other non-monthly but unavoidable expenses
These costs may not occur every single month, but they always occur over time. Planning only for the $30,000 baseline would leave the school vulnerable to sudden emergencies and repeated financial stress.
For this reason, we are planning responsibly around the $40,000 monthly average, which reflects the true cost of operating the school sustainably—not just getting through the best-case months.
Our goal is to ensure stability, preparedness, and continuity—so the school can focus on education rather than constantly reacting to financial emergencies.
The most impactful way to help is through committed monthly support, as predictable monthly giving is what allows the school to operate responsibly.
At the same time, one-time donations also play an important role. One-time gifts help alleviate immediate pressure, cover short-term shortfalls, and create the time and stability needed to grow the school’s monthly membership base.
Whether through monthly pledges, one-time support, or a combination of both, every contribution helps move the school from crisis toward sustainability.
To ensure we can responsibly continue into the 2026–2027 school year, we've set a key date: March 20, 2026.
This deadline gives us dedicated time for fundraising and provides our families and staff with clear expectations.
It also allows us to make important staffing decisions, like renewing teacher contracts, without any last-minute surprises.
This timeline also thoughtfully aligns with the blessed month of Ramaḍan, a time of heightened generosity and collective responsibility. It presents a special opportunity for our community to come together and show its support before these critical decisions must be finalized.
Yes. In addition to keeping the fundraising effort open throughout this period, a dedicated fundraising day will be held during Ramaḍān. This day will be an opportunity for the community—near and far—to come together collectively, with intention and generosity, to help the school reach its goal.
These concerns are natural, especially for those who care deeply about the school and its children. It’s important to remember that meaningful community support doesn’t come from one or two people doing everything—it comes from many people each taking a small, sincere step.
Support can take many forms: contributing financially if able, making duʿāʾ, sharing the message with others, encouraging friends and family to get involved, or offering time and skills.
When each person acts—rather than waiting for someone else to step in—the collective impact can be powerful.
Fundraisers succeed when responsibility is shared.
When everyone assumes someone else will respond, progress slows. But when each person does their part, even in simple ways, the outcome can change significantly.
This moment is not about guilt or pressure. It is about choice.
The school exists today through sincere effort, timely support, and by the grace of Allah. Whether it continues will now depend on whether the community chooses to step forward together.
If you believe this school should continue to exist and flourish, we ask you to act now. The time for that choice is today.