New Jersey · Private foundation
Balakian Family Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $46k
- Granted FY2019
- 8
- Grants FY2019
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Balakian Family Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Balakian Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $46k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 75% of the organizations Balakian Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 76% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 8 | $46k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $32k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell University | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| George & Raymond Frank Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Thomas Armenian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tenafly Nature Center Association | $7,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Children of Armenia Fund Inc Dba Children of Armenia Fund Coaf | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dwight-Englewood School | $5,151 | 1 | 0% |
| St Nersess Armenian Seminary Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Southampton Fresh Air Home | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($106k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Balakian Family 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: Nazareth & Nila Festekjian Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Balakian Family Foundation
- How much does Balakian Family Foundation give?
- Balakian Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $46,492 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Balakian Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Education (7%), Health (5%).
- Who are Balakian Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Bucknell University ($16k), George & Raymond Frank Foundation ($10k), St Thomas Armenian Church ($10k).
- Does Balakian Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Balakian Family 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 Balakian Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nazareth & Nila Festekjian Family Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Balakian Family Foundation based?
- Balakian Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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