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Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation at a glance

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Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$643k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$3.1MHuman Services$784kHousing & Shelter$758kHealth$475kReligion$365kCrime & Legal$259kYouth Development$174kInternational$132kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $332k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $321k
  • $250k+1 grant · $643k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLAREMONT-MCKENNA COLLEGE$642,857
CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS$100,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CORPORATION$100,000
CLAREMONT-MCKENNA COLLEGE$71,429
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC$50,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$47,000
BRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST INC$35,000
HOMES WITH HOPE INC$30,000
CHRISTIAN HERALD ASSN INC$25,000
CITY MISSION$25,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$20,000
COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR JUSTICE INC$20,000
BRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST INC$15,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION$12,500
HEART OF DINNER INC$12,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $526k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VICTIMS FIRST INC: $5k → 14%WOMENS REFUGEE COMMISSION INC: $3k → 17%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $75k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $75k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $50k → 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $13k → 17%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $75k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $35k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $45k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $9k → 9%LIFEBRIDGE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $3k → 9%BRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $3k → 9%LIVEGIRL: $3k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN WESTPORT: $8k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN WESTPORT: $8k → 9%RACHS HOPE INC: $5k → 9%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $5k → 9%SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CONNECTICUT INC: $5k → 9%RACHS HOPE INC: $3k → 9%FAMILIES NETWORK OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $31k → 9%FAMILIES NETWORK OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $30k → 9%FAMILIES NETWORK OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $5k → 9%FAMILIES NETWORK OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $5k → 9%FAMILIES NETWORK OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $5k → 9%FAMILIES NETWORK OF WESTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $3k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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MA
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
MD
DE
DC
HI
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 38 repeat orgs$284k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
27

Total granted

$5.9M
$219k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+8%

Still filing today

89%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthEducationCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $460k · revenue +68%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $445k · revenue +76%
  • HW
    HOMES WITH HOPE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $158k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • FR
    FAMILY REENTRY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue +156%
  • SC
    SEAMENS CHURCH INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.

Crime & Legal
4
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
5
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
6
Community Systems Support and Management Services Inc

Helping persons with disabilities to find happiness in their own homes, in their personal relationships, and as contributing members of their community.

Health
7
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
8
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
9
The Connecticut Project Inc

The connecticut project, a 501c3 organization, brings together people, ideas, and resources to build opportunity.

Community Improvement
10
Digital Harbor Foundation

Democratizing societal and economic well-being through digital equity for everyone, increased diversity in the tech sector, innovative education, and technology for the public good

Education
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Search for Change Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifebridge Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

72 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 72 of the 79 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/72
Grantees still filing
44/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Claremont McKenna College: $2,857,144 · OtherClaremont McKenna CollegeHOMES WITH HOPE: $158,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $137,650 · Other+36 more: $818,605 · Other+36 moreBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $502,870 · Human ServicesBRIDGEPORT R…Families Network of Western CT Inc: $78,500 · Human ServicesFamilies Net…City Mission: $27,000 · Human Services+10 more: $86,666 · Human Services+10 moreHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $460,200 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FO…BRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST: $107,500 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGEPORT…+2 more: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterChildren's Hospital Corporation: $445,000 · Health+6 more: $42,500 · HealthChristian Herald Association Inc: $266,999 · ReligionPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $147,000 · EducationSTAPLES HIGH SCHOOL TUITION GRANTS COMMITTEE INC: $57,000 · EducationWESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · EducationADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $12,500 · EducationPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $68,000 · InternationalHUMAN APPEAL: $10,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $10,000 · InternationalACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $10,000 · InternationalUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC: $5,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $5,000 · InternationalSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $5,000 · International+1 more: $3,500 · International
Other$3,971,399Human Services$695,036Housing & Shelter$585,200Health$487,500Religion$266,999Education$246,500International$116,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetClaremont McKenna College: $2,857,144 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGEPORT RESCUE MISSION INC: $502,870 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $460,200 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $445,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $266,999 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHOMES WITH HOPE: $158,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $147,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS INC: $137,650 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBRIDGEPORT NEIGHBORHOOD TRUST: $107,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $105,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWESTERN: $95,405 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies Network of Western CT Inc: $78,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $68,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTAPLES HIGH SCHOOL TUITION GRANTS COMMITTEE INC: $57,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CONNECTICUT INC: $49,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR JUSTICE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES: $37,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY REENTRY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI INC: $29,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCity Mission: $27,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetHEART OF DINNER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLOVE146 INC: $21,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWESTPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTPORT/WESTON CT INC: $16,666 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTPORT ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA PROJECT: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAM J LEWIS ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSocial Impact Partners Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMyositis Support and Understanding Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRACH'S HOPE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMERCY LEARNING CENTER OF BRIDGEPORT INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED PALESTINIAN APPEAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fairfield County's Co…The Near and Far Asso…Newman's Own Foundati…The James & Mary Elle…The Inner-City Founda…The Pitney Bowes Foun…William Caspar Graust…Young Mens Christian …Ge Aerospace Foundati…New Canaan Community …Synchrony FoundationPeoples United Commun…
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT39.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 15%
  • LOVE146 Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Community Resources for Justice Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Community Services Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Homes With Hope: 28% of income from government
  • The Discovery Museum Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
  • 100 Black Men of Stamford Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Bridgeport Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 79 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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