The Raymond Debbane Family Foundation

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity should not send it a cold proposal and should approach it only if it has been invited.
• Its reported priority is Lebanon, and its themes are education, humanitarian support and community development, so work in those areas is the clearest fit, though it also makes grants in several US states and Belgium.
• Repeat giving is strong: 99% of its grant dollars in the filing went to organisations it had already funded, so an existing relationship matters more than a first approach.
• Typical grants fall between $10,000 and $700,000, and half of its 86 grants were $60,000 or less, so a request around that modest level fits its pattern, though its largest grant of about $2,050,000 shows the band is not a ceiling.
• Without an existing link or an invitation, a small nonprofit should not expect to be considered.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles · Religious & education support
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Center for Euro-Med Development · Promotion of sustainable development, urban planning, environmental protection and other areas.
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Act for Lebanon · Mitigate the suffering of the most vulnerable and to help the community while being impartial and free from racial, sexual, social, religious, or political prejudice.
  $850,0002024 tax year
• Drug Free Lebanon · Helping to protect our nation's youth from the horrors of drug abuse, using highly effective tactics to foster their bright futures.
  $700,0002024 tax year
• Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn · Religious & education support
  $350,0002024 tax year
• Myriad USA · To help individuals, families, corporatins and foundations support their favorite causes across the world
  $230,0002024 tax year
• Coop Careers · Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment thorugh digital skills and peer connections.
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Life Generation USA · Promoting the pursuit of the advancement of education and the relief of needs arising by reason of financial disadvantage among the lebanese (whether citizens of lebanon or persons of lebanese descent and whether resident in lebanon or resident elsewhere.
  $200,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.