Texas · Private foundation
Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation
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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2023
- 23
- Grants FY2023
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 68%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
75% of Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Arab Community Center For Economic And S, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $44k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $12,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Total assets, FY2023
- $558k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 68% of the organizations Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 22 | $44k | 68% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $12k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $8k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $3k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $17k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $14k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab American Cultural and Community Center | $22,785 | 7 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arab-American Educational Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Methodist Hospital Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $4,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Egyptian Children With Cancer | $3,460 | 8 | 1% |
| Arab America Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Health Outreach to the Middle East for Christ | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | $2,600 | 5 | 0% |
| Palestinian American Cultural Center | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation
- How much does Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation give?
- Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $44,250 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Arts & Culture (20%), Health (16%).
- Who are Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Arab American Cultural and Community Center ($23k), Vanderbilt University Medical Center ($10k), Arab-American Educational Foundation Inc ($10k).
- Does Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Network for Good, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation based?
- Samir and Grace Tuma Foundation is based in TX.
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