Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 46-2495320. Reported 180 grants totalling $5,852,896 to 76 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 5 grants totalling $80,000 to them. That is 1% of the $5,624,730 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Aloha United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Hawaii | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Seattle Foundation | community foundation | Washington | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $642,857.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont-Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $2,857,144 | 8 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County I | Stratford, CT | $450,700 | 11 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $382,870 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $365,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Homes With Hope Inc | Westport, CT | $141,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants | Bridgeport, CT | $137,650 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Christian Herald Assn Inc - the Bowery Mission | New York, NY | $123,666 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Christian Herald Assn Inc | New York, NY | $118,333 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $105,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Fairfield County Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $105,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| President & Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orange County Community Foundation | Irvine, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Palestine Childrens Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $65,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Church of Saint Anthony | Fairfield, CT | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $49,000 | 9 | 4 | 2025 |
| Families Network of Western Connecticut Inc | Danbury, CT | $47,500 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Resources for Justice Inc | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Conne | Hartford, CT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade Inc | Miami, FL | $29,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services Inc | New Haven, CT | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City Mission | Waterbury, CT | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Ct | Bridgeport, CT | $26,000 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ the Good Shepherd American Coptic Orthodox | Pomona, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heart of Dinner Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Staples High School Tuition Grants Committee Inc | Westport, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| LOVE146 Inc | New Haven, CT | $21,400 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Seamens Church Institute Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bethesda Project | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Innocence Project Inc | New York, NY | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | Frederick, MD | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Action Against Hunger USA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridgeport Hospital | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Discovery Museum Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Human Appeal Inc | Mission Viejo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Myositis Support and Understanding Association | Lincoln, DE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oxfam-America Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Social Venture Partners Connecticut Inc | Westport, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westport Library Assoc | Westport, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Mens Christian Assn Westport | Westport, CT | $8,333 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Incorporated | Bridgeport, CT | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rachs Hope Inc | Westport, CT | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aloha United Way Inc | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Collaboration Healthcare Corp | New Canaan, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | Wallingford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Rescue US Inc | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joshua Bent Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc | Monroe, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifebridge Community Services Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Corps | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Share Our Strength | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sudan Relief Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Seattle Foundation | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Palestinian Appeal Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Victims First Inc | Chino Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westport Downtown Association Inc | Westport, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Caroline House Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| In a Heartbeat Inc | Wallingford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Livegirl | New Canaan, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Read to Grow Inc | Branford, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Smart Kids With Learning Disabilities Inc | Norwalk, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| William Raveis Charitable Fund Inc | Shelton, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Womens Refugee Commission Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palestine Childrens Relief Fund | Kent, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Simsbury Rotary Club Ed Dodge Scholarship Endowmen | Simsbury, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Thomas More Corporation | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 100 Black Men of Stamford Inc | Stamford, CT | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
32 of 76 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 57%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Claremont-Mckenna College
Massoud Naming Scholarship Fund - Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County I
sponsorship of Fairfield house - President & Fellows of Harvard College
Ihab & Elizabeth Massoud Fellowship Fund at HBS - Childrens Hospital Corporation
Massoud Family CICU Fellowship Operating Fund and Massoud Family CICU Fellowship Fund - Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants
Philanthropic Gift Agreement - Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc
Massoud Family Life Change Center
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 131 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $657,866 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 30 | $1,103,419 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $1,233,989 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 43 | $1,497,836 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 41 | $1,359,786 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
52% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Elizabeth and Ihab Massoud Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 46-2495320 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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