California · Nonprofit
LEBNET
LEBNET (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,033 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($282,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $579k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $478k
- Net assets
- $659k
What Lebnet does
Mission
Educate and mentor Lebanese and Lebanese-American professionals and students in the field of High-Tech.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
LebNets primary purpose is to educate Lebanese and Lebanese-American professionals, students and start-up companies in the high-tech field through networking, meetings, round-tables, training sessions, mentoring activities and other educational events. In 2025, LebNet continued its strong focus on building vibrant communities and hosting impactful events, with 50 events and a growing follower base of over 4,000.
$0 spent0% of program spendingCommunities: 62 Events (66% year-to-year growth) were held in the Bay Area Pacific Northwest, Toronto, Montreal, Mid-Atlantic, LA/Orange County, New York, and San Diego. We expanded to 3 new communities in Atlanta, Chicago and Michigan. Our Women in Tech and Early in Career communities stayed highly engaged with webinars, mentorship, and giving back to Lebanon. LebNet remains committed to its programs that empower Lebanese professionals and entrepreneurs globally, with a strong focus on Women in Tech, Early in Career, and Students.
$0 spent0% of program spendingKey Programs were the following: 1) Tech Fellows, a 5-month fellowship nurturing the next generation of Lebanese technologists, equipping them with the skills and network needed to transition into tech careers. 2) Soft Landing Awards $1,000 stipends to senior Lebanese engineering students pursuing graduate studies in the U.S. or Canada, paired with a LebNet mentor. 3) Internships: 20 internships offered in 2025 led to Lebanese students being hired across Lebanon, the U.S. and Canada. 4) Job Board & Referrals: A community-created platform posting opportunities across all tech industries, including remote, part-time, full-time, and internships. 5) Bireme Awards: Recognized 6 exceptional Lebanese diaspora members for their contributions to the tech sector. [NOTE: Revenue and expenses for all programs are summed in Line 4c.]
$114,372 spentof which $7,190 as grants$42,625 earned by the program100% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $114,372.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $209k to $659k (+215%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of LEBNET’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jeanine Akiki
Executive Director and Board Member
Board chair
Habib Haddad
Chairman and Board Member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $20k → $58k.
7 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LEBNET’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LEBNET leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LEBNET.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 75% · 2020 77% · 2021 100% · 2022 51% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of LEBNET's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $478k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LEBNET runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LEBNET
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEBNET: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEBNET?
- LEBNET (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,033 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($282,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEBNET have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $478,033 in grants to LEBNET, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEBNET?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $282,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEBNET find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing