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Ghassan & Manal Saab 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.

$264k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$351kEducation$336kPhilanthropy$276kHealth$251kArts & Culture$216kInternational$185kCivil Rights$60kHuman Services$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$882k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN DRUZE FOUNDATION$100,000
AMERICAN DRUZE SOCIETY$35,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITA$31,250
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT$25,000
LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY$20,000
NATIONAL ARAB ORCHESTRA$20,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
AMERICAN TASK FORCE FOR LEBANON$5,000
ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE COUNCIL$2,500
VARIOUS$1,867
ST MARY'S CHURCH$1,000
MICHIGAN RADIO$1,000
HENRY FORD CANCER RESEARCH$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $17k → 21%ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $11k → 21%ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $3k → 21%ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM: $1k → 21%WHALEY'S CHILDREN CENTER: $3k → 16%WHALEY'S CHILDREN CENTER: $1k → 16%WHALEY'S CHILDREN CENTER: $1k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $500 → 16%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

IL
MI
NY
WY
IA
OH
CA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 31 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
24

Total granted

$1.6M
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+16%

Still filing today

45%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $161k · revenue +145%
  • LA
    LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2025 · $98k · revenue +28%
  • AT
    AMERICAN TASK FORCE ON LEBANON INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $77k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • EI
    ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -67%
  • BM
    BEIRUT MARATHON PEOPLE AID
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • LF
    Lebanese for Lebanon Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
The American University in Cairo

The university is a premier english- language institution of higher learning. the university is committed to teaching and research of the highest caliber, and offers exceptional liberal arts and professional education in a cross-cultural…

Education
2
American University of Armenia Corporation

Support of the educational and research activities of the american university of armenia (aua).

Education
3
The American University of Iraq Foundation Inc

To promote higher education in iraq based on the american liberal arts model.

Education
4
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
5
Association of American Universities Inc

Founded in 1900, aau is composed of 71 distinguished institutions in the united states and canada that continually advance society through education, research, and discovery. our u.s. member universities earn the majority of competitively…

Education
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc

The university of massachusetts amherst foundation leads and supports private fund raising on behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the amherst campus. its volunteer board of directors provides leadership for the development of…

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
The Rockefeller University

The rockefeller university (the university) is a world renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. the university's 73 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic…

Education
11
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
12
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Greater Flint; the most unlike its peers is Lebanese for Lebanon Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 59 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN DRUZE FOUNDATION: $277,000 · OtherAMERICAN DRUZE FOUNDATIONCENTER FOR ARAB AMERICAN PHILANTHRO: $210,450 · OtherCENTER FOR ARAB AMERICAN PHILANTHROUNIVERSITY OF MICHGAN FLINT: $155,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHGAN FLINTNATIONAL ARAB ORCHESTRA: $90,000 · OtherNATIONAL ARAB ORCHESTRAAMERICAN DRUZE SOCIETY: $70,000 · OtherAMERICAN DRUZE SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+32 more: $274,642 · Other+32 moreLEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $97,700 · EducationLEBANESE AM…AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT: $55,500 · EducationAMERICAN UN…Lebanese for Lebanon Foundation: $25,000 · EducationLebanese fo…Kettering University: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $161,135 · HealthST JUDE CH…+1 more: $500 · HealthTAKREEM USA INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFlint Institute of Music: $40,150 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart Productions: $10,527 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $61,340 · PhilanthropyTHE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySADR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $3,900 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN TASK FORCE ON LEBANON INC: $77,440 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $31,500 · Human ServicesWhaley Children's Center Inc: $4,690 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human Services
Other$1,147,092Education$193,200Health$161,635Arts & Culture$128,177Philanthropy$80,240International$79,440Human Services$37,690

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $161,135 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $97,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARAB ORCHESTRA: $90,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetAMERICAN TASK FORCE ON LEBANON INC: $77,440 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTAKREEM USA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT: $61,340 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT: $55,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlint Institute of Music: $40,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC: $36,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $31,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHURLEY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $13,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $10,527 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetKettering University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSADR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhaley Children's Center Inc: $4,690 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS: $3,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFENTON COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA: $2,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SYRIAN ARAB CULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARAB ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN TASK FORCE ON LEBANON INC ↗
  • Who funds TAKREEM USA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S ↗
  • Who funds ELLIS ISLAND HONORS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Lebanese for Lebanon Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HURLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds From The Heart Productions ↗
  • Who funds THE FLINT DIAPER BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds SADR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAHARISHI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Whaley Children's Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS ↗

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.

The Hagerman Foundati…Consumers Energy Foun…The Jesra Foundation …Anna Paulina Foundati…Stella & Frederick Lo…The Serra FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …The Raymond Debbane F…Tummala Charitable Fo…Nartel Family Foundat…Arab Community Center…Community Foundation …
The Hagerman FoundationMI17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hagerman Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Jesra Foundation Inc · Anna Paulina Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · The Serra Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Raymond Debbane Family Foundation · Tummala Charitable Foundation · Nartel Family Foundation · Arab Community Center for Economic and S · Community Foundation of Greater Flint

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 Ghassan & Manal Saab Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ghassan & Manal Saab Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report 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 59 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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