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The Saab Family Foundation

Accepts applications Lowell, Massachusetts · EIN 274392768

The Saab Family Foundation is a private foundation in Lowell, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $889,400 in 123 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $873,000 the year before.

65% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$873,000112$18.0 million
2024$889,400123$18.7 million

How to apply

ContactBoard of Directors
27 Northwestern Drive, Salem, NH 03079
Phone or email(603) 475-6162, grant@saabfamilyfoundation.org
What to submitApplication should include information on the applicant, reason for the request for a grant, and budget information.
DeadlinesOctober 15 for grant applications
RestrictionsThe foundation focuses in the areas of fostering education, supporting youth, elderly, disabled and low income individuals, addressing housing and homelessness and fostering social responsibility

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Saab Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts103$770,400
New Hampshire20$119,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 123 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Agassiz Village Founded by Mr & Mrs Harry E Burroughs
Framingham, MA
General support$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell
Lowell, MA
General support$25,000
Catie's Closet Inc
Dracut, MA
General support$25,000
D'youville Life & Wellness Community
Lowell, MA
General support$25,000
Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence, MA
General support$25,000
Lazarus House Ministries
Lawrence, MA
General support$25,000
Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School
Lowell, MA
General support$25,000
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
General support$25,000
Nashua Children's Home
Nashua, NH
General support$25,000
Open Table Inc
Maynard, MA
General support$25,000
Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center
Cambridge, MA
General support$20,000
Lowell Community Health Center Inc
Lowell, MA
General support$20,000
Lucy's Love Bus
Amesbury, MA
General support$20,000
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc
Newton, MA
General support$20,000
Esperanza Academy
Lawrence, MA
General support$15,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute
Gloucester, MA
General support$15,000
Lowell Community Charter Public School
Lowell, MA
General support$15,000
Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers
Cambridge, MA
General support$15,000
Merrimack Valley Food Bank
Lowell, MA
General support$15,000
Notre Dame Education Center - Lawrence
Lawrence, MA
General support$15,000
Project Home Again
Andover, MA
General support$15,000
Project Kompass Inc
North Chelmsford, MA
General support$15,000
Merrimack Valley Dream Center Inc
Lawrence, MA
General support$12,500
Merrimack Valley YMCA
Lawrence, MA
General support$12,000
Seven Hills New Hampshire
Greenfield, NH
General support$10,500
A Place to Turn Inc
Natick, MA
General support$10,000
Adolescent Consultation Services Inc (Acs)
Cambridge, MA
General support$10,000
Family Promise of Greater Concord
Concord, NH
General support$10,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Boston
Boston, MA
General support$10,000
Merrimack Valley Immigrant and Education Center
Lawrence, MA
General support$10,000
Raising A Reader Massachusetts (Rar-Ma)
Boston, MA
General support$10,000
St George Antiochian Orthodox Church
Methuen, MA
General support$10,000
Thinkgive
Concord, MA
General support$10,000
Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program
Lincoln, MA
General support$7,500
Minuteman Senior Services
Burlington, MA
General support$7,500
Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley
Milford, NH
General support$7,000
Individual
NH
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
MA
Scholarship$5,000
Bethany Community Services Inc
Haverhill, MA
General support$5,000
Communities Together Inc
Lawrence, MA
General support$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Saab Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: October 15 for grant applications.

How much does The Saab Family Foundation give?

$889,400 in tax year 2024, across 123 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs The Saab Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Elisia M Saab (Trustee, Chair, Treasurer), Mark A Saab (Trustee), Analise S Brown (Trustee) and Tricia L Albert (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does The Saab Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and youth programs.

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