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KARAM FOUNDATION NFP

EIN 37-1548241 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$1,793,682
Expenses 2024
$3,822,380

Program services were 78.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T12
Classification
1000
Street
2045 W GRAND AVE STE B PMB 88293

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KARAM FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO HELP PEOPLE HELP THEMSELVES. WE SEEK TO RESTORE THE DIGNITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT BY ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO SUCCESS THROUGH INNOVATIVE EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN AID.

  • Building Leaders: Our programs empowering refugee youth and parents to create multiple pathways to leadership. From Innovative Education initiatives for refugee teens to awareness programs for mothers and fathers, our programs are designed to provide all-encompassing support. We respond to the barriers that Syrian refugees face by relieving burdens now, as well as allowing for opportunities to build for the future. Transforming Communities: Investing in the health and resilience of refugee Syrian families around the world allows them to thrive and become proactive community members. From targeted support to newly-settled refugees to emergency relief in times of crisis, we ensure that no families are rendered victims to their circumstances.

    Expenses $2,997,842 · Grants $1,322,165

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lina Sergie Attar

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $127,961
    From this org
    $121,924
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,037
    Hours/week
    40

  • Demetri Fadel

    CSO

    Total calculated
    $107,135
    From this org
    $105,057
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,078
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rula Jamous

    Treas.& Dr.Fin.

    Total calculated
    $91,223
    From this org
    $91,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rasha Mansouri

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Mamak Shahbazi

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Razan Massarani

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Heba AL Ayouby

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Omar Salem

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sharad Samy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Anna Nolan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sarah Rahman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Demetri Fadel

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,793,682
    Expenses
    $3,822,380
    Contributions
    $1,760,516
    Grants paid
    $1,322,165
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,793,682
    Expenses
    $3,822,380
    Contributions
    $1,760,516
    Grants paid
    $1,322,165
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,562,837
    Expenses
    $3,747,655
    Contributions
    $4,552,748
    Grants paid
    $1,530,822
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,411,217
    Expenses
    $2,783,885
    Contributions
    $2,395,218
    Grants paid
    $632,420

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,840,038
    Expenses
    $2,549,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,231,584

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,331,354
    Expenses
    $3,049,197
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,060,202

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,209,260
    Expenses
    $3,723,554
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,780,162

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,119,259
    Expenses
    $3,821,060
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,265,445

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,961,281
    Expenses
    $2,797,255
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,017,521

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,214,516
    Expenses
    $2,072,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,059,256

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $945,148
    Expenses
    $888,980
    Assets (EOY)
    $308,782

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2011

Tax period
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011
Principal officer
S Hala Souman
Mailing address
250 E PEARSONROOM/SUITE 1003CHICAGO IL 60611
Website
KARAMFOUNDATION.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.