Saab Family Foundation

About Saab Family Foundation

The Saab Family Foundation combines scholarships for individuals with grants to public charities, and its recent record shows repeated support for education, youth development, housing stability, food access, and services for older adults and people with disabilities. Founded in 2010, the foundation serves communities in the Merrimack Valley region and gives locally rather than nationally. Its latest grants include support for Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell, Nashua Children’s Home, and Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School, reflecting a mix of youth-serving, education, and community-based priorities. The foundation also makes both general operating and program-specific awards. In the recent grants list, it backed Lowell Youth Leadership Program for summer camp, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell for critical home repairs for seniors, and Meals on Wheels of Hillsborough County for delivery work. Grant sizes in the recent record are often modest to mid-sized, with many awards clustered around community programs and direct services. Across the available 990-year data, the foundation’s giving is concentrated in Massachusetts and neighboring New Hampshire, with awards landing in Lowell, Lawrence, Nashua, and other Merrimack Valley communities.

What Saab Family Foundation Funds

Education is a central theme in the foundation’s grants. It awarded $25,000 to Discovery Museum for Discovery science - Lowell and another $25,000 to University of Massachusetts Lowell for the River Hawk Scholars Academy. Scholarships are also part of its structure, alongside grants to schools and education-focused nonprofits. Youth development appears in both school-year and summer programming. The foundation gave $25,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell for out of school programming and $25,000 to Lowell Youth Leadership Program Inc. for the 2024 summer camp. In higher-education and career pathways, Merrimack College received support for the Jail Education Program. Food security and basic needs are another consistent thread. Grants went to Gaining Ground for farm-fresh food for Middlesex County residents experiencing food insecurity, and to The Outreach Program EndHunger NE Regional Office for the EndHunger NH - Essex County Hunger Relief Program. The recent record also includes support for Lazarus House Ministries and Lawrence General Hospital.

How Saab Family Foundation Gives