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The Saab Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Saab Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$889k
Granted FY2024still arriving
123
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$1.7MHuman Services$713kYouth Development$557kHealth$500kFood & Nutrition$428kHousing & Shelter$286kArts & Culture$79kReligion$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 123 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k90 grants · $324k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $565k
$4,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
D'YOUVILLE LIFE & WELLNESS COMMUNITY$25,000
LAZARUS HOUSE MINISTRIES$25,000
MERRIMACK COLLEGE$25,000
AGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS$25,000
OPEN TABLE INC$25,000
NASHUA CHILDREN'S HOME$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL$25,000
CATIE'S CLOSET INC$25,000
LOWELL MIDDLESEX ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL$25,000
LAWRENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL$25,000
MASSACHUSETTS ADOPTION RESOURCE EXCHANGE INC$20,000
LUCY'S LOVE BUS$20,000
HILDEBRAND FAMILY SELF-HELP CENTER$20,000
LOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC$20,000
ESPERANZA ACADEMY$15,000
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 (FY20–24, $686k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CONCORD: $10k → 7%Rise Above Foundation: $25k → 11%MERRIMACK VALLEY DREAM CENTER INC: $13k → 10%Rise Above Foundation: $20k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $5k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $20k → 11%Catholic Charities New Hampshire: $15k → 7%Merrimack Valley Dream Center: $10k → 10%Budget Buddies Inc: $10k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%On Belay: $5k → 5%One Family Inc: $5k → 16%On Belay: $5k → 5%Wayside Youth & Family Support Network: $25k → 8%Merrimack Valley Dream Center: $10k → 10%Nashua Children's Home: $25k → 7%Nashua Children's Home: $25k → 7%Wayside Youth & Family Support Network: $5k → 8%NASHUA CHILDREN'S HOME: $25k → 7%Catholic Charities New Hampshire: $15k → 7%Emmaus Inc: $5k → 10%Marguerite's Place Inc: $12k → 7%Stepping Stones: $10k → 7%YMCA of Greater Nashua: $20k → 7%Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc: $16k → 10%Marguerite's Place Inc: $7k → 7%YMCA of Greater Nashua: $20k → 7%Central Food Ministry: $25k → 8%Nashua Association for the Elderly DBA Nashua Senior Activity Center: $5k → 7%Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc: $10k → 10%YMCA of Greater Nashua: $10k → 7%Nashua Association for the Elderly dba Nashua Senior Activity Center: $5k → 7%Emmaus Inc: $8k → 10%Minuteman Senior Services: $7k → 8%Plummer Youth Promise: $20k → 10%Plummer Youth Promise: $10k → 10%Housing Families Inc: $25k → 8%Housing Families Inc: $25k → 8%MASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS: $15k → 8%Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers: $10k → 8%Adolescent Consultation Services: $15k → 8%Adolescent Consultation Services: $10k → 8%Budget Buddies Inc: $6k → 8%The Price Center Inc: $15k → 8%CATIE'S CLOSET INC: $25k → 8%Catie's Closet Inc: $20k → 8%Catie's Closet: $15k → 8%MINUTEMAN SENIOR SERVICES: $8k → 8%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 184 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

184 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2024, 114 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

184
133

Total granted

$3.4M
$675k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+28%

Still filing today

34%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $369k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationFood & NutritionHousing & 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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $105k · revenue +117%
  • CHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $85k · revenue +61%
  • THE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $75k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • CF
    Central Food Ministry Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -16%
  • LF
    LEAP for Education Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -4%
  • TH
    TRANSITION HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +33%
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
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
2
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
3
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
4
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
5
Merrimack Valley Day Care Service

Daycare services

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6
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
7
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
8
Greater Lowell Family Ymca

The greater lowell family ymca's mission is to strengthen our community by supporting youth development, healthy living and social responsibility for all through programs influenced by our core values of caring, honesty, respect and…

Human Services
9
Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

—
10
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

—
11
Center for Living & Working Inc

We work to ensure that individuals with disabilities can live independently as equal members of society.

Human Services
12
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is D'youville Life and Wellness Community 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

116 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. 116 of the 370 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
39
Early backer (in before they grew)
115/116
Grantees still filing
99/116
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC: $85,000 · Other+132 more: $1,883,347 · Other+132 moreNASHUA CHILDREN'S HOME: $75,000 · Human ServicesNASHUA CHILDREN'S HO…RISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUNDATIO…Catie's Closet Inc: $65,000 · Human ServicesCatie's Closet IncYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Nashua: $50,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christia…HOUSING FAMILIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesHOUSING FAMILIES INCMERRIMACK VALLEY DREAM CENTER INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesPLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $30,000 · Human ServicesWAYSIDE YOUTH AND FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesJEANNE GEIGER CRISIS CENTER INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesMASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCentral Food Ministry Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesFamily Promise of Southern New Hampshire: $25,000 · Human Services+10 more: $143,725 · Human Services+10 moreD'YOUVILLE LIFE AND WELLNESS COMMUNITY INC: $100,000 · HealthD'YOUVILLE …THE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL: $75,000 · HealthTHE LOWELL …LUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $45,000 · HealthLUCY'S LOVE…LOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthLOWELL COMM…LOWELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $30,000 · HealthLOWELL ASSO…MY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT: $25,000 · HealthMY BREAST C…Lawrence General Hospital: $25,000 · HealthLawrence Ge…CENTER FOR HOPE & HEALING INC: $20,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF AINE: $20,000 · HealthHILDEBRAND FAMILY SELF-HELP CENTER INC: $20,000 · Health+2 more: $20,000 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…LOWELL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentLOWELL YO…SUENOS BASKETBALL: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSUENOS BA…MERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentMERRIMACK…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER BILLERICA INC: $20,050 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua Inc: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Gi…On The Move Inc: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentOn The Mo…YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $15,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $20,000 · Youth Development+2 moreESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $55,000 · EducationMERRIMACK COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationPROJECT LEARN INC: $41,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $30,000 · EducationLEAP for Education Inc: $25,000 · EducationKIDS IN TECH INC: $21,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · EducationHILL VIEW MONTESSORI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $6,500 · EducationMERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN TABLE INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionBREAD & ROSES INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionBACKYARD GROWERS INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionMILL CITY GROWS INC: $12,000 · Food & NutritionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterBETHANY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterPROJECT KOMPASS INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterSEACOAST FAMILY PROMISE: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCOALITION FOR A BETTER ACRE INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,968,347Human Services$702,225Health$410,000Youth Development$346,050Education$253,500Food & Nutrition$137,000Housing & Shelter$135,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHALLENGE UNLIMITED INC: $85,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNASHUA CHILDREN'S HOME: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetESPERANZA ACADEMY INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGAINING GROUND INC: $50,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetLOWELL YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMERRIMACK COLLEGE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Nashua: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING FAMILIES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSUENOS BASKETBALL: $50,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $48,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $45,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetST JOSEPH COMMUNITY SERVICES DBA MEALS ON WHEELS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY: $42,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT LEARN INC: $41,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAARONS PRESENTS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetGLOUCESTER MARINE GENOMICS INSTITUTE INCORPORATED: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WISH PROJECT: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY DREAM CENTER INC: $32,500 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetMERRIMACK VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLUMMER YOUTH PROMISE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Hampshire Catholic Charities: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOWELL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $30,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetPROJECT HOME AGAIN: $30,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetWAYSIDE YOUTH AND FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEANNE GEIGER CRISIS CENTER INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS ALLIANCE OF PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAGASSIZ VILLAGE FOUNDED BY MR & MRS HARRY E BURROUGHS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMAYHEW: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Food Ministry Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetLEAP for Education Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOVELANE SPECIAL NEEDS HORSEBACK RIDING PROGRAM INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBETHANY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMY BREAST CANCER SUPPORT: $25,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetLawrence General Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Southern New Hampshire: $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKIDS IN TECH INC: $21,000 over 3y, 2.2% 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.

Cummings Foundation G…Eastern Bank Foundati…We Share A Common Thr…Agnes M Lindsay TrustGreater Lowell Commun…Salem Five Charitable…Essex County Communit…The Horne Family Foun…Rogers Family Foundat…Theodore Edson Parker…United Way Of Massach…DCU for Kids
Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc)MA110.2× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · We Share A Common Thread Foundation Inc · Agnes M Lindsay Trust · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · The Horne Family Foundation · Rogers Family Foundation · Theodore Edson Parker Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · DCU for Kids

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 280%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Employment Options Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Center for Hope & Healing Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Minuteman Senior Services Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Plummer Youth Promise Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Lowell Association for the Blind Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Act Lawrence Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Lawrence General Hospital: 41% of income from government
  • Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Transition House Inc: 39% of income from government
  • The Immigrant Learning Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Lowell Community Health Center Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Suenos Basketball: 22% of income from government
  • Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated: 16% of income from government
  • Kids in Tech Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Communities Together Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Housing Families Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Acord Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Emmaus Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Leap for Education Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Mill City Grows Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beyond Soccer Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Arlington Eats Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Lowell General Hospital: 5% of income from government
  • Gaining Ground Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Project Learn Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Girls On the Run Greater Boston: 4% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Youth Development Organization Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Merrimack Repertory Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Merrimack College: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • One Family Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bethany Community Services Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
28get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Saab Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Saab Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 370 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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