· Private foundation
Alex and Marie Manoogian 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $9k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $93k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $278k
- $250k+1 grant · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Armenian Apostolic Society Inc | $1,283,650 |
| St John Foundation | $125,000 |
| Center for Armenian Studies University of Michigan | $100,000 |
| St John's Armenian Church | $53,400 |
| Armenian Apostolic Society Inc | $46,000 |
| Armenian General Benevolent Union - Special Project | $25,000 |
| AGBU Alex & Marie Manoogian School | $22,097 |
| DAC Foundation | $9,339 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +149% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS5× · 2020–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +14%- CSCHILD SAFE MICHIGAN2× · 2020–2021 · $160k · revenue +50%
- AUAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +149%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN -COLLEGE OFone grant, 2020 · $200k
- UOUniversity of Michigan - LSAone grant, 2022 · $200k
- DODIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICAone grant, 2024 · $100k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To create life-enriching experiences that build meaningful relations, foster personal and professional growth, and celebrate culture in the heart of detroit.
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…
Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.
The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Strengthen the credit union community and its image by providing advocacy on important issues, coordinating cooperative initiatives and by providing high-quality solutions that help credit unions succeed and enrich the lives of their…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit
To hold title and perform related functions in connection with a research park and innovation center in support of michigan state university research foundation.
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
Michigan farm bureau (mfb) is a member directed agricultural organization whose purpose is to represent, protect, and enhance the business, economic, social, and educational interests of our members located throughout the state of michigan.
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
- Who funds CHILD SAFE MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Mayors Residence Society ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF TEAM ARMENIA BASKETBALL ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds DMC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB ↗
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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Edward & Helen Mardigian Foundation · Afeyan Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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