Tahbazof Family Foundation
Tahbazof Family Foundation is a private family foundation (EIN 47-2769035) focusing on poverty, education, environment, medicine, and arts & culture. The official site lists multi-year grant records by year (including 2024), board biographies, a funding approach that states grantmaking is by invitation only, and contact details (address and [email protected]).
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A California-based nonprofit (especially Bay Area) working in education, child health, poverty/human services, youth development, Iranian community programs, or arts & culture with local presence and the capacity to steward mid-size grants or event sponsorships.
Good Fit
- • Organizational operations based in California (Bay Area preferred).
- • Work aligns with education, children's health, poverty relief, youth services, Iranian community initiatives, or arts & culture.
- • Track record of local partnerships or event sponsorships and ability to steward grants in the $10k–$125k range (observed historically).
- • Existing relationship, introduction, or visibility to trustees or local civic networks.
- • Evidence of measurable local impact and clear use for unrestricted or event-focused support.
Geography
All observed grants and grant counts across the two years were made to organizations located in California, indicating a single-state, locally concentrated footprint.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation made 21 grants to 14 distinct recipients that include hospitals, universities, community groups and event sponsors; nine recipients returned from the prior year while five were new, showing a reasonably broad recipient set for a small family foundation.
New Applicants
Five new recipients appeared in 2023, so new entrants have been added, but the foundation's public materials and application settings state grants are by invitation/preselection, so unsolicited applicants are unlikely to access funding without introductions or referrals.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
