Our Three Winners Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Oakland, CA EIN: 47-5001971

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Our Three Winners Foundation at a glance

In short: Our Three Winners Foundation gave $1.4M across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $471K), mostly in North Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,411,500
+1782.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$470,500
+1154.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$690,000
Primary geography
North Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Our Three Winners Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

Dyor Clinic: $720KDyor Clinic$720KLighthouse Project: $690KLighthouse Project$690KUNC Muslim Students Association: $2KUNC Muslim StudentsAssociation$2K

The largest 2025 recipient was Dyor Clinic ($720K). Together the top 3 received $1.4M.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K2$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 8 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

San FranciscoCaryCarlsbadChapel HillRaleigh

How Our Three Winners Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 3933% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M1 grant2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $35K (2022) to $1.4M (2025). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $1.4M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Dyor Clinic Raleigh, NCSocial Justice Intiatives$720,000
Lighthouse Project Cary, NCSocial Justice Intiatives$690,000
UNC Muslim Students Association Chapel Hill, NCSocial Justice Intitatives$1,500
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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—$12,479$1,432,555$1,411,5003—
2024$925,134$8,036$99,661$75,0002—
2023$1,021,124$106,726$141,925$75,0002$46,196
2022$971,949$67,004$86,821$35,0001$14,669
2021$1,214,376$96,196$35,521——$50,983
2020$962,435$150,177$375,261$250,0001$36,995

About Our Three Winners Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Our Three Winners Foundation is a public charity, based in Oakland, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $1.4M.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Our Three Winners Foundation is led by Suzanne Barakat, Chairman since 2025 (on filings since 2020); none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Suzanne Barakat

    Chairman

    Chairman → Board Chair, 2024

    Board Chair → Chairman, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Arif Khan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Fasahat Hamzavi

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Manar Waheed

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Saba Mokry

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Ismael Benhamida

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Justine Hollingshead

    Secretary

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Oussama Mezoui (2020–2021) — 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 Our Three Winners Foundation

How much does Our Three Winners Foundation give each year?

Our Three Winners Foundation gave $1.4M across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $75K across 2 grants.

What is Our Three Winners Foundation's typical grant size?

Our Three Winners Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $690,000, and its average grant was $470,500, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Our Three Winners Foundation give grants?

Our Three Winners Foundation gives mostly in North Carolina: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.

Does Our Three Winners Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Our Three Winners Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

What is Our Three Winners Foundation's EIN?

Our Three Winners Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-5001971. 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

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 27, 2024)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 30, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 15, 2025)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 8, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 9, 2023)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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