California · Public charity
Armenian Cultural Foundation
Establish educational and cultural centers FOR the Armenian people and their culture.
- $465k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $435k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,925
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $284,420
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Armenian Cultural Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $435k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $226k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $155k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $147k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $147k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acf Western USA Inc | $381,360 | 3 | 26% |
| Armenian Mesrobian School | $340,245 | 5 | n/a |
| Armenian Relief Society of Western USA Inc | $104,150 | 3 | 2% |
| Homenetmen-Armenian General Athletic & Scouts Inc | $37,916 | 3 | 0% |
| Club Mesrobian Alumni Organization | $22,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Armenian Youth Federation | $21,275 | 2 | 8% |
| Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Vincent De Paul Society Sacred Heart Society | $16,830 | 1 | 15% |
| Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America | $15,370 | 1 | n/a |
| Armenian Media Network | $15,250 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acf Western USA Inc | $381,360 | 3 | 26% |
| Armenian Mesrobian School | $340,245 | 5 | n/a |
| Armenian Relief Society of Western USA Inc | $104,150 | 3 | 2% |
| Homenetmen-Armenian General Athletic & Scouts Inc | $37,916 | 3 | 0% |
| Club Mesrobian Alumni Organization | $22,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Armenian Youth Federation | $21,275 | 2 | 8% |
| Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Vincent De Paul Society Sacred Heart Society | $16,830 | 1 | 15% |
| Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America | $15,370 | 1 | n/a |
| Armenian Media Network | $15,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Armenian National Committee of America | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Armenian National Committee of America Western Region | $12,625 | 1 | 4% |
| Advance Armenia Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Marys Armenian Apostolic Church and School | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Armenian Apostolic Church of St Gregory the Illuminator | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($68k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Armenian Cultural Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Acf Western USA Inc · The Vahik & Alice Petrossian Foundation · Ucla Foundation · Sepetjian Family Foundation · Mina & Hacob Shirvanian Family Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Armenian Cultural Foundation
- How much does Armenian Cultural Foundation give?
- Armenian Cultural Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $434,670, out of $464,905 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Armenian Cultural Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Education (33%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Armenian Cultural Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Acf Western USA Inc ($381k), Armenian Mesrobian School ($340k), Armenian Relief Society of Western USA Inc ($104k).
- Does Armenian Cultural Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Armenian Cultural Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Acf Western USA Inc, The Vahik & Alice Petrossian Foundation, Ucla Foundation.
- Where is Armenian Cultural Foundation based?
- Armenian Cultural Foundation is based in CA.
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