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Armenian General Benevolent Union

Ensuring the prosperity and well-being of all armenians.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$3.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$13MYouth Development$10MReligion$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$473kInternational$174kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $6,064,532, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,061,998 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,997,466 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $265k
  • $250k+4 grants · $5.8M
$110,036
Median grant
5
States reached
$327M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUMO FOUNDATION$3,566,666
AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL CANOGA PARKCA$1,307,874
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORP$621,958
DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA$257,172
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER$110,036
TUMO FOUNDATION$83,334
AMVETS$71,492
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$40,000
AABC CHANNEL 384$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION BEIRUT INC: $10k → 10%THE GENOCIDE PROJECT: $10k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $50k → 14%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

NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
DC
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $7.2M on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 6 regions, $6.5M to organizations and $732k to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Russia and Neighboring States$5.4M · 74% · 4 grants · 346 people

Stated purpose: CULTURAL · EDUCATIONAL · HUMANITARIAN

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$978k · 13% · 3 grants · 120 people

Stated purpose: CULTURAL · EDUCATIONAL · HUMANITARIAN

Middle East and North Africa$547k · 8% · 2 grants · 69 people

Stated purpose: CULTURAL · EDUCATIONAL

North America (Canada and Mexico)$253k · 3% · 1 grant · 23 people

Stated purpose: EDUCATIONAL

South America$83k · 1% · 2 grants · 5 people

Stated purpose: CULTURAL · EDUCATIONAL

East Asia and the Pacific$13k · 0% · 8 people

Stated purpose: EDUCATIONAL

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 16 repeat orgs$738k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
36

Total granted

$25M
$738k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+33%

Still filing today

56%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AV
    AGBU VATCHE AND TAMAR MANOUKIAN HIGH SCH CARE OF SIROON DERDERIAN
    5× · 2017–2021 · $5.1M · revenue +28% · 60% of their budget
  • AM
    AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +137%
  • NI
    NVAK INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +52% · 35% of their budget

Funded once

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +58%
  • SV
    SILICON VALLEY IGNITE
    one grant, 2020 · $82k
  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $58k · revenue +74%
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
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Inc

To promote armenian contemporary experimental art

Arts & Culture
2
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
3
Armenian Sports Hall of Fame
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4
Armenian Film Society

Armenian film society celebrates armenian culture through year-round programming of film screenings, discussions, workshop, and lectures. it shines a spotlight on armenian films and filmmakers, as week as films that deal with armenian…

Arts & Culture
5
Armenian Professional Society Scholarship Fund

Further education

Arts & Culture
6
Armenian National Institute Inc

To promote understanding of the armenian genocide through research, analysis, publication, and public forums; to collect and organize documentation attesting to and preserving the memory of the armenian genocide; and to increase public…

International
7
Armenian Cultural Foundation
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8
Research On Armenian Architecture Usa

Research, study and document ancient Armenian architecture.

Arts & Culture
9
Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society Inc

The basic premise of the organization is to nurture, safeguard and promote the armenian language, cultural values, traditions and education throughout the armenian diaspora and armenia

Arts & Culture
10
Cultural Impact Foundation Inc

Humans are endowed with innate creative abilities; we have formed civilizations and societies, framed laws, built architectural marvels and created cultural masterpieces. it is our creative abilities that have allowed us to produce…

Arts & Culture
11
Armenian General Benevolent Union

Ensuring the prosperity and well-being of all armenians.

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12
The H Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of Teach for Armenia Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Watche and Tamar Manoukian Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 53 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/42
Grantees still filing
24/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUMO FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 · PhilanthropyTUMO FOUNDATION+4 more: $55,000 · PhilanthropyAGBU VATCHE AND TAMAR MANOUKIAN HIGH SCH CARE OF SIROON DERDERIAN: $5,085,131 · OtherAGBU VATCHE AND TAMAR MANOUKIAN HIGH SCH C…AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL: $2,842,621 · OtherAGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOLDIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA: $1,231,945 · OtherDIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICAAMVETS Post 41: $473,197 · Other+18 more: $338,466 · OtherAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $4,625,886 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $345,036 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMB…+6 more: $161,272 · EducationCREATIVE ARMENIA: $500,000 · InternationalOBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION AMERICA: $70,000 · International+4 more: $50,555 · InternationalTHE ARAGATS FOUNDATION INC: $174,698 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNVAK INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $36,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 · Human ServicesSaint Joseph University Foundation: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF TEAM ARMENIA BASKETBALL: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$10,055,000Other$9,971,360Education$5,132,194International$620,555Arts & Culture$410,698Human Services$70,000Recreation & Sports$25,000

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 budgetTUMO FOUNDATION: $10,000,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetAGBU VATCHE AND TAMAR MANOUKIAN HIGH SCH CARE OF SIROON DERDERIAN: $5,085,131 over 5y, 60% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $4,625,886 over 8y, 10% of budgetAGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL: $2,842,621 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetCREATIVE ARMENIA: $500,000 over 5y, 47% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $345,036 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARAGATS FOUNDATION INC: $174,698 over 3y, 90% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION AMERICA: $70,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $58,262 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNVAK INC: $50,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetFRIENDS OF TEACH FOR ARMENIA INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO FOUNDATION: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF TEAM ARMENIA BASKETBALL: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetHOLY MARTYRS ARMENIAN DAY SCHOOL INC: $24,300 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNEAR EAST FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROSE & ALEX PILIBOS PRESCHOOL: $15,510 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetYERAZART INC: $14,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND INC: $11,835 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $11,220 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVOICE OF ARMENIANS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE GENOCIDE EDUCATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetPOST CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSaint Joseph University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPOMEGRANATE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetPAN ASIAN REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $6,230 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Film Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAid Beyond Borders Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Jhm Charitable Founda…Afeyan Family Foundat…Nazarian Family Found…Ucla FoundationJohn Mirak FoundationThe Parsekian Foundat…The James H and Marta…Sami & Annie Totah Fa…Fesjian FoundationNora Tertzag Hampar C…Galadjian Family Foun…Nazareth & Nila Feste…
Jhm Charitable FoundationCA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jhm Charitable Foundation · Afeyan Family Foundation · Nazarian Family Foundation · Ucla Foundation · John Mirak Foundation · The Parsekian Foundation Inc · The James H and Marta T Batmasian Family Foundation Inc · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · Fesjian Foundation · Nora Tertzag Hampar Charitable Trust · Galadjian Family Foundation · Nazareth & Nila Festekjian Family Foundation

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 Armenian General Benevolent Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Armenian General Benevolent Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Armenian General Benevolent Union through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 53 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 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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