Harvey E. Najim Charitable Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Najim Charitable Foundation supports various public charities in Greater San Antonio that advance children’s issues, including education, medical treatment, medical research for illnesses and diseases affecting children, and other children’s charitable purposes.
IP TAKE: The foundation is accessible, with a website, staff, and is open to LOIs. It only funds in the greater San Antonio area, so grantseekers farther afield will need to look elsewhere
PROFILE: Established in December 2006 as the Najim Family Foundation, the Harvey E. Najim Charitable Foundation is the foundation of the Texas-based Sirius Computer Solutions founder Harvey Najim. Najim founded Star Data Systems, the company’s original name, in 1980 and used $75 million of the proceeds of a financial equity partnership deal to create this foundation. The foundation is “aimed at helping children’s charitable organizations in the greater San Antonio area.” Grantmaking areas of interest include child-related medical needs and research, child abuse and neglect, education, and developmental disabilities.
Grants for K-12 Education, Housing and Homelessness, Community Development, Mental Health, and Public Health and Access
The Najim Foundation has several grantmaking categories, all involving children and youth. It lists these as “assisting children with Food, Shelter, Clothing, Child Abuse/Neglect, Developmental Disabilities, Education – (PreK–12) (Out of School) (Post-Secondary), Foster Care, Homelessness, Mental Health, Medical Treatment, Substance Abuse, and other children’s charitable purposes in the Greater San Antonio area.” Past support has also gone to children with developmental disabilities, medical needs and research for children, and child abuse and neglect.
Important Grant Details
Past grants have often ranged from $100,000 to $3 million. The foundation provides a list of past awarded grants on its website. The funder tends to stick to the San Antonio area of Texas with its grantmaking. This funder does not support multi-year grants, higher education organizations, capital campaigns, galas, or events.
The foundation accepts unsolicited letters of inquiry and has an online portal to submit grant applications. Read its grant guidelines, detailed funding areas, and application procedures here, and look over the FAQs here. Grantseekers can also look over a list of past grantees on the foundation’s Awarded Grants page.
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