The Mahmoud S Taman Foundation
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Grantee Highlight: Pablo Center in Eau Claire, WI
The MST Foundation is proud to support the Pablo Center in Eau Claire, WI through our community grants program. The Pablo Center opened in 2018 as a vital arts and culture resource for our Northern Wisconsin community and has served UW- Eau Claire students and the area at large with powerful arts programming and noteworthy community based events that bring cultures together. Thank you to the Pablo Center for honoring Dr. Taman’s legacy as a lifelong advocate for the arts and an inter-faith leader from the community with a donor wall recognition.
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The MST Foundation is proud to have supported the following organizations and initiatives with direct funding through our Community Grants program:
Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association
To support the collaboration with JONAH and Welcoming New Neighbors WI to hold the annual River Prairie Multi-Cultural Festival in Eau Claire, WI
PBS Wisconsin Muslim Project
To support their event in Eau Claire featuring local community members and speakers as part of a panel on the growing diversity of Wisconsin communities including the culture and contributions of the Muslim community
Kalpak English Academy
To support their students and teachers based in rural Kyrgyzstan in pursuing youth education, adult continuing education, and English language skills
The Boys and Girls Club of Chippewa Falls
To support their after school childcare program that focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in local youth education
The Sojourner House-Catholic Charities
To support the opening of a homeless shelter in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Eau Claire Regional Arts Center
To support the annual Chippewa Valley Book Festival over the years
The Medina Clinic, Inc.
To support the free medical clinic in Grandview, Missouri
Midwest Artists Academy
To support scholarships for a transformative pre-college program for high school artists in the summer of 2021
MIZNA Arab Film Festival
To support the annual Arab Film Festival Collaboration
Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
To support the annual Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Faculty-Student Conference focused on the interdisciplinary field of peace studies
Circles of Change
To support a family book kit project which aims to provide diverse and inclusive reading material to families in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt of the Egyptian Orthodox Church
For medical needs of Egyptians during the revolutionary protests of 2011
Arab Medical Union
For medical needs of Egyptians during the revolutionary protests of 2011
Chippewa Falls School District
For trauma-information education for grade school students
Camps A Rising
To support educational and peaceful activities that demand action reducing climate change by distributing requested support gear and supplies to leaders on the front line
The Islamic Society of Northern Wisconsin
To support Sunday School at the Altoona Masjid
Erickson Park Chippewa Falls
To support the addition of handicap accessible ramps, fishing docks, and kayak launch
Eau Claire County Jail
To support the “Stop and Think” group psychotherapy treatment
Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing
To support the staff
Burnt Bridges Back to School Drive
To support a free community event in Southern Virginia providing backpacks and school supplies to families and children in the area
Celine Anderson M. Ed. Arts Educator and Practicing Multi-Media Artist
To support childrens arts education in Richmond, Virginia by providing access to unique tools and resources for art-making to develop creativity in the next generation
The Arab Film and Media Institute
To directly support selected artists in their annual Arab Women’s Showcase featuring Arab women artists from around the world in a multi-media virtual exhibition
Welcoming New Neighbors
To support the resettlement of Afghan refugees in the Northwest Wisconsin area, providing housing, funds, groceries, and community care
JONAH
To support taskforce initiatives over the years for homelessness, immigration, and formerly incarcerated persons
Rokyan High School
To support the establishment and upkeep of a school library with free access to students at Rokyan High School in Afghanistan
Chippewa Valley Post
To support the start-up of an online community publication
The Egypt Conference Inc.
To support the conference on post-revolution Egypt in Washington D.C. in 2011
The African American Holiday Association
To support a documentary on African American Muslim Women directed by Zarina Shakir
Islamisk-Kristent Studiecenter
To fund humanitarian efforts towards providing medical aid to Syrians
The Community Table
For serving meals in a safe, welcoming environment and connecting those in need with existing resources by engaging diverse volunteers in service
Amal Al-lraqi Foundation
For medical treatment, Islamic studies student’s tuition, and charitable assistance, including a food bank, to people in Alexandria, Egypt
Mecklenburg Senior Citizens
For a food bank for seniors, funds go to restocking inventory and adding items to the menu that are in demand in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
RVA Community Fridges
To support the opening of the first community fridge in Virginia which provides access to healthy and fresh groceries for neighbors in need
Hope and Future Society of the Village of Shubra Bas
To fund an adult literacy program in Shebeen ElKoum, Monufia, Egypt
Hunar Ghar Welfare Foundation
To support improving job skills for girls and women in Karachi, Pakistan
Boys and Girls Club of Menomonie
To support the ongoing efforts towards furthering education and afterschool programs for students
Northern Spirit Radio, Eau Claire
To support their mission to promote world healing through radio broadcasts of voices of peace and social justice
Appalachian School of Law
To support student-led organizations
Agnes Table
For providing nutritious meals and hospitality to the community while raising awareness of hunger and food insecurity
Chippewa Valley Writers Guild
To support a program on freedom of religion
Pablo Center, Confluence Council, Inc.
To support arts and culture programming
Our Foundation
The Mahmoud S Taman Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting peace, interfaith, and civic causes by providing grants to initiatives in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin and around the world.
Our Trust
The Foundation's assets are the gift of Dr. Mahmoud S. Taman during his lifetime. Dr. Taman was an interfaith and civil society advocate who lived and worked in the Chippewa Valley as a psychiatrist for four decades after immigrating from Egypt. He was a co-founder of the Islamic Society of Northern Wisconsin, known as the Altoona Mosque, which has been an important part of the Chippewa Valley for more than 25 years.
Our Faith
In Islamic teaching, a continually serving charity is known as a 'sadaqa jariya'. Mahmoud Taman hoped that the Foundation would serve his community after his death as a ceaseless charity in accordance with a saying, a 'hadith', of Prophet Muhammad; “When a person dies, all their deeds end, except three: sadaqa jariya (a continuing charity), beneficial knowledge, and a child who prays for them.”
As much as possible, trust funds are invested according to Islamic financial guidelines as well as socially responsible investing; both are guided by ethical principles that consider both financial return and efforts to bring about social change.
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The Mahmoud S Taman Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Under this IRS designation, donations made to the Foundation are tax-deductible.