California · Private foundation
Akian Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $303k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Akian Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $303k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $405k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $697k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $364k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $376k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University of Armenia Corporation | $695,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Western Diocese of the Armenian Church | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vem USA | $125,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Orran | $120,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Adelphi University | $105,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tumo Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Fast | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Re Armenia Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Armenia Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Armenia Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University of Armenia Corporation | $695,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Western Diocese of the Armenian Church | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vem USA | $125,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Orran | $120,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Adelphi University | $105,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tumo Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Fast | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Re Armenia Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One Armenia Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Armenia Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pomegranate Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Armenian Soldier & Family | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Lark Musical Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Armenian International Women's Associati | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| ARPA Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($695k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Akian Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Mina & Hacob Shirvanian Family Foundation Inc · Afeyan Family Foundation · The Vahik & Alice Petrossian Foundation · Jhm Charitable Foundation · Ucla Foundation · Armenia Empyrean Foundation · The Stephen Philibosian Foundation · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Akian Foundation
- How much does Akian Foundation give?
- Akian Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $302,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Akian Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Religion (31%), International (7%).
- Who are Akian Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: American University of Armenia Corporation ($695k), Western Diocese of the Armenian Church ($150k), Vem USA ($125k).
- Does Akian Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Akian Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Akian Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mina & Hacob Shirvanian Family Foundation Inc, Afeyan Family Foundation, The Vahik & Alice Petrossian Foundation.
- Where is Akian Foundation based?
- Akian Foundation is based in CA.
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