Lebanese International Finance

501(c)(6) organization New York, NY EIN: 98-1109293

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Lebanese International Finance at a glance

Total assets
$2,964,297
Revenue (2025)
$1,473,668
Net investment income (2025)
$112,579
Expenses (2025)
$1,305,873
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Lebanese International Finance funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

Washington

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K0 grants2020 1 grant2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2021 it made 1 grant totaling $70K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
The Middle East Institute Washington, DC—$69,667
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,964,297$1,473,668$1,305,873——$112,579
2023$2,194,317$1,070,456$737,828——$73,936
2022$1,859,725$1,168,154$714,558——$12,914
2021$1,647,172$748,243$750,392$69,6671$89
2020$1,585,365$640,298$748,356——$6,888

About Lebanese International Finance

Based on IRS filings

Lebanese International Finance is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.0M in total assets. Net investment income was $113K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Lebanese International Finance's 2025 filing lists 15 officers; none of the 15 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Dina Geha

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marwan Azzi

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nadim Ghantous

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rana Karadsheh-Haddad

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Samia Melhem

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Georges Assi

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anna Germanos

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Syriani

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tarek Mansour

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carine Tohme

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karim Abbas

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karim Jalbout

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Khaled Fathallah

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronnie Hammad

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Emilia Van Den Blink

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (23)
  • Former: Francois Kayat (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Omar Slim (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Patrick George (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ghinwa Baradhi (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Haneen Sayed (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Spiro Youakim (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Firas Abi-Nassif (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jean-Marc Jabre (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Khalil Barrage (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: May Nasrallah (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Mouhammed Choukeir (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Sarah Van De Water (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Wahbe A. Tamari (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Wissam Kairouz (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ahmed Youssef (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Alexandre Harkous (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Anna Khazen (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Paul Raphael (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rindala Beydoun (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Walid Zein (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Nadim Kassar (2020) — Director
  • Former: Nagi Hamiyeh (2020) — Director
  • Former: Wahid Chammas (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Lebanese International Finance

How large is Lebanese International Finance?

Lebanese International Finance reported $3.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.5M.

What is Lebanese International Finance?

Lebanese International Finance is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in New York, NY. It holds $3.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Lebanese International Finance operate?

Lebanese International Finance has awarded grants in District of Columbia.

What is Lebanese International Finance's EIN?

Lebanese International Finance's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 98-1109293. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 14, 2022)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 11, 2026)

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