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Aranosian Family Foundation at a glance

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Aranosian Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Animals$62kFood & Nutrition$4kHealth$2kReligion$2kYouth Development$500Arts & Culture$500Public Safety & Disaster$250
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC$7,500
HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL$4,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
NO DOGS LEFT BEHIND$2,000
WAG$2,000
CULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC$2,000
TUNICA HUMANE SOCIETY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY$1,000
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$1,000
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
NICALOVE$1,000
FRIENDS OF HORN LAKE ANIMAL SHELTER$1,000
GUARDIANS OF RESCUE$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FOUR PAWS USA: $2k → 16%SAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%PAWS OF WAR INC: $1k → 7%NO DOGS LEFT BEHIND: $2k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL: $4k → 14%NETWORK FOR ANIMALS USA: $500 → 12%CULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $2k → 16%BRIGHT HOPE ANIMAL RESUE: $1k → 17%FRIENDS OF HORN LAKE ANIMAL SHELTER: $1k → 10%TUNICA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2k → 28%ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOC OF AMERIC: $600 → 7%KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1k → 12%THE ROMANIAN LEAGUE IN DEFENSE OF A: $1k → 6%NICALOVE: $1k → 5%WAG: $2k → 7%BECKY'S GIFT EQUINE RELIEF: $1k → 7%SHEPHERDS BEYOND BORDERS: $1k → 15%FOUR PAWS USA: $1k → 16%GUARDIANS OF RESCUE: $1k → 7%NO DOGS LEFT BEHIND: $1k → 17%WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT: $1k → 14%CULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $1k → 16%BRIGHT HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 → 17%FRIENDS OF HORN LAKE ANIMAL SHELTER: $500 → 10%TUNICA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 28%ARMENIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOC: $500 → 7%THE ROMANIAN LEAGUE IN DEFENSE OF A: $500 → 6%WAG: $1k → 7%BECKY'S GIFT EQUINE RELIEF: $1k → 7%SHEPHERDS BEYOND BORDERS: $1k → 15%FOUR PAWS USA: $500 → 16%CULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $500 → 16%BRIGHT HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 → 17%TUNICA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 28%PAISLEY'S PLACE AND HOME OF THE UNA: $1k → 7%TROUP 71 BOY SCOUTS: $500 → 7%SHEPHERDS BEYOND BORDERS: $500 → 15%FOUR PAWS USA: $500 → 16%CULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOC: $500 → 16%TUNICA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 28%LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC: $8k → 7%LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC: $1k → 7%FRANKLIN ANIMAL SHELTER: $1k → 7%LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC: $1k → 7%FRANKLIN ANIMAL SHELTER: $500 → 7%WARNER CONNECTS: $3k → 7%WARNER CONNECTS: $501 → 7%UNITED CHURCH OF WARNER: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
MS
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47k · 15 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$47k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+21%

Still filing today

47%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LA
    LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +1%
  • MH
    MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $3k · revenue +90%
  • BG
    BECKY'S GIFT EQUINE RELIEF
    2× · 2022–2024 · $2k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • SK
    SAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -98%
  • GO
    GUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • RD
    Ring Dog Rescue Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +21%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Raskels Rescue
Animals
2
Asian Dogs Rescue Allies

To rescue at risk k-9s from asia.

Animals
3
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
4
Hope for China Dogs Rescue

At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…

Animals
5
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
6
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
7
Animal Rescuers Without Borders

Battling against the overpopulation of homeless pets and improving the lives of companion animals through rescue, fostering programs, adoption, pet care, educational programs and of course spaying and neutering.

Animals
8
Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue-Us

Rescue rehabilitation rehoming and sanctuary of community cats and dogs and lifelong care of rescued farmed animal residents.

Animals
9
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
10
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
11
Animal Dominion Rescue

Animal Dominion Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing cats and dogs worldwide, ensuring they find permanent, loving homes. The organization emphasizes direct support to rescuers on the ground, promoting animal welfare,…

Animals
12
Canine Estates Inc
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals; the most unlike its peers is Armenian American Cultural Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
8/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC: $9,500 · AnimalsLIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INCTunica Humane Society: $5,000 · AnimalsTunica Humane SocietyHumane World for Animals International: $4,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals InternationalNO DOGS LEFT BEHIND INC: $3,000 · AnimalsNO DOGS LEFT BEHIND INCMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,600 · AnimalsMAUI HUMANE SOCIETYBECKY'S GIFT EQUINE RELIEF: $2,000 · AnimalsBECKY'S GIFT EQUINE RELIEFRing Dog Rescue Inc: $1,500 · AnimalsRomanian League in Defense of Animals: $1,500 · Animals+8 more: $7,500 · Animals+8 moreIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION: $4,000 · OtherCULLMAN AREA ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $3,501 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWAG: $3,000 · OtherWAGIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBRIGHT HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $2,000 · OtherBRIGHT HOPE ANIMAL RESCUEFRANKLIN ANIMAL SHELTER: $1,500 · OtherSAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · OtherGUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC: $1,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF HORN LAKE ANIMAL SHELTER: $1,500 · OtherPAISLEY'S PLACE AND HOME OF THE UNA: $1,250 · Other+9 more: $5,100 · Other+9 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,344 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $250 · HealthARMENIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Arts & Culture
Animals$36,600Other$31,351Health$1,594Arts & Culture$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTunica Humane Society: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNO DOGS LEFT BEHIND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBECKY'S GIFT EQUINE RELIEF: $2,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRing Dog Rescue Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRomanian League in Defense of Animals: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,344 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KINDNESS RANCH ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDedication and Everlasting Love to Animals: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNICALOVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNetwork for Animals USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDLY KITCHEN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Amica Companies Found…Susan & Jerome Ettels…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Bradford Family Found…Seckinger Foundation …PC Fund for Animals C…The Pfizer Foundation…Surendra and Karen Gu…Give Lively Foundatio…Verizon FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Amica Companies FoundationRI22.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amica Companies Foundation · Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aranosian Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aranosian Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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