Founder & CEO, SA Philanthropy
Sarah Ali is the founder and CEO of SA Philanthropy, helping mission-driven organizations raise more and scale their impact. She has over a decade of experience across digital-first giving, institutional fundraising, and funder engagement.
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Most agency selection processes are decided on chemistry and a deck. This is the diligence sequence, the questions, and the contract terms that separate an agency that will raise money from one that will bill you.
Muslim donors ask one question before they give their Zakat: is this charity actually compliant? Here's the documentation that answers it, plus the free checklist scholars and donors expect.
A working nonprofit funnel does three things in order: it earns the email with a lead magnet people actually want, it nurtures the relationship in the first week, and it makes the donation feel like the natural next step. Here is how to build each stage.
Overall giving grew 5.0% in 2025, the sector's strongest revenue year in five years. But the donor base shrank for the fifth year in a row, and new donor retention is still flat. Here is what the FEP Q4 2025 data actually says, and what to do about it.
Most nonprofits chase the 1% of donor wealth held in cash. Meanwhile, 90–99% of American wealth sits in assets, untouched. Here's how to stop asking for pocket change and start inviting donors to build a legacy.
Sarah Ali joins The Muslim Nonprofit Show to discuss why Muslim nonprofits must shift from scarcity to abundance, embrace collaboration over competition, and prepare for a trillion-dollar wealth transfer.
In this guest podcast episode with Mallory Erickson, Sarah Ali explores why token inclusion isn't enough, how identity shapes fundraising leadership, and why play is the antidote to burnout in the nonprofit sector.
Creative isn't magic. It's a system. Here's the four-step framework we use to consistently produce high-performing fundraising ads and campaigns.
Modern charity treats giving as a transaction. Islamic endowment law (Waqf) treats it as infrastructure. From a 7th-century well that still funds projects today to the financial architecture behind the Ivy League, here is the blueprint for perpetual impact.
SEO has a goldmine of strategies that nonprofits can borrow to boost donations. From mastering messaging to optimizing donor journeys, here are 11 tactics to try.
Sarah Ali joins The Small Nonprofit Podcast to unpack digital-first fundraising, culturally competent donor engagement, Ramadan campaign strategy, and why Muslim giving is reshaping the philanthropic landscape.