Yala Community Restaurant Fund
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About
Yala is a restaurant anyone can eat in, and every dollar of profit goes into feeding people who cannot pay. It is a business built to fund charity rather than a charity asking a business for help.
There are four Yala locations across New York and New Jersey. They employ local people, buy from local suppliers, and the profit pays for food distribution and community programs. Eat there and you have already given.
This fund is for growing it: opening in more neighborhoods, equipping the kitchens, and hiring. A donation here builds something that keeps giving long after the donation itself is spent.
United States
What Is Happening
Need does not stop at the border. People sleep outside in American cities through the winter, and families a few streets from us are choosing between rent and food.
What UMMA Is Doing
The Hope Bus runs a weekly route with hot meals, blankets and hygiene kits, starting in New York and adding cities as the funding allows. Our restaurants give away food from their own kitchens. Your donation pays for the meals and keeps the route running.
Common Questions
Is my donation secure?
Card details go to Stripe and never reach our servers. We see the amount, the campaign and the receipt address, nothing else.
Are my donations tax deductible?
Yes, to the extent allowed by law. You receive a receipt for every donation, and all of them are in My Donations, in the UMMA app or your dashboard on the web.
Can I give my Zakat to UMMA?
Yes, and only to campaigns marked Zakat eligible. Zakat is restricted to the categories in Surah At Tawbah (9:60), so UMMA will not let it be applied anywhere else. If no eligible campaign is open, we say so rather than route it elsewhere.
How do you decide where donations go?
Donations go to the campaign you choose, and that campaign shows its own progress. If you donate without choosing one, funds go where the need is greatest at that moment.
Can I cancel a recurring donation?
Yes, at any time, in My Donations in the UMMA app or on the web. No email and no phone call. Gave without an account? The link in your receipt email cancels it.
Something went wrong with my donation. Who do I tell?
Email hello@ummafoundation.org with the receipt number and a person replies. Refunds follow the refund policy on this site.
What happens if this campaign does not reach its goal?
The work carries on with what was raised. Donations are not held back waiting for a total and they are not moved to another campaign: they go to this one, and the progress bar shows exactly where it stands.
What happens if it raises more than its goal?
It keeps accepting donations and the extra goes to the same work. A goal is what we planned for, not a cap on the need, and a campaign that has passed its goal is still the campaign you chose.
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