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Sam and Labibie Azar Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$179k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$182kHealth$169kHuman Services$122kCivil Rights$102kEducation$93kEmployment$59kInternational$59kPublic Benefit$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $167k
$12,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$17,000
NOBIS WORKS$17,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE ANNUAL SUPPORT$17,000
KENNETH E HAGIN MINISTRIES$17,000
WITH OPEN EYES FOUNDATION$15,000
KYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE INC$15,000
SALVATION ARMY ADULT REHAB CENTER$15,000
RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION$12,000
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOC OF AMERICA$12,000
AIDB FOUNDATION$10,000
SIDE BY SIDE CLUBHOUSE$10,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETS$10,000
SPEEDWAYS CHILDRENS CHARITIES$6,000
WHITEFIELD ACADEMY$3,500
BELOVEDNC INC$2,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BIG OAK RANCH: $3k → 13%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
OH
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$724k · 17 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$724k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+32%

Still filing today

53%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsPhilanthropyHealthEmploymentInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    6× · 2019–2024 · $72k · revenue +97%
  • KP
    KYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $70k · revenue +34%
  • NW
    NOBIS WORKS INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $59k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • SE
    ST ELIAS ANTIOCHIAN ORTHO CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • TN
    TOMMY NOBIS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
  • OE
    OPEN EYES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $7k
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
3
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
4
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
5
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
6
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
7
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
8
Kids Across America

Christian sports camp to teach biblical principles and life skills to urban youth and their mentors.

Religion
9
The Family Radio Network Inc

The family broadcasts the hope of jesus christ to strengthen and encourage listeners.

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10
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
11
King's Ridge Christian School

King's Ridge Christian School is a Christian community providing a college preparatory education equipping students to know, to serve, and to believe.

Education
12
Family Policy Alliance Foundation

We inspire and educate biblical citizens, equip statesmen, and serve a national alliance.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is With Open Eyes Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is BeLovedNC Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 24 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENNETH E HAGIN MINISTRIES: $71,500 · OtherKENNETH E HAGIN MINISTRIESHILLSDALE COLLEGE ANNUAL SUPPORT: $71,500 · OtherHILLSDALE COLLEGE ANNUAL SUPPORTSALVATION ARMY ADULT REHAB CENTER: $69,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY ADULT REHAB CENTERAIDB FOUNDATION: $58,500 · OtherAIDB FOUNDATIONST ELIAS ANTIOCHIAN ORTHO CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherST ELIAS ANTIOCHIAN ORTHO CHURCHSPEEDWAYS CHILDRENS CHARITIES: $30,500 · OtherSPEEDWAYS CHILDRENS CHARITIESWHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $21,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETS: $21,000 · Other+7 more: $51,500 · Other+7 moreKYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE INC: $69,833 · PhilanthropyKYLE PETTY CHAR…RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyRYAN SEACREST F…ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $71,500 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFEN…NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $30,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL RIFLE…NOBIS WORKS INC: $58,500 · EmploymentSide by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse: $45,700 · HealthBeLovedNC Inc: $8,500 · HealthWITH OPEN EYES FOUNDATION INC: $39,000 · InternationalTHE LEBRON JAMES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Public Benefit
Other$445,000Philanthropy$114,833Civil Rights$101,500Employment$58,500Health$54,200International$39,000Public Benefit$4,500

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 budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $71,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE INC: $69,833 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetNOBIS WORKS INC: $58,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSide by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse: $45,700 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetRYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWITH OPEN EYES FOUNDATION INC: $39,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBeLovedNC Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 19% of budgetTHE LEBRON JAMES FAMILY FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $2,500 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 ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds KYLE PETTY CHARITY RIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds NOBIS WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse ↗
  • Who funds RYAN SEACREST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WITH OPEN EYES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFIELD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds TOMMY NOBIS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BeLovedNC Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LEBRON JAMES FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds BIG OAK RANCH INC ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sam and Labibie Azar Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sam and Labibie Azar Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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