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Charles Mosesian Family 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.

$202k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$565kReligion$171kInternational$148kCivil Rights$51kScience & Tech$28kPublic Benefit$25kHealth$12kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$40,000
DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC$30,000
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA (ARMENIAN TREE PROJECT)$20,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH (NAASR)$20,000
ARMENIAN HERITAGE TRIBUTE & GENOCIDE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC$10,000
DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA (EASTERN)$10,000
FRIENDS OF FAST$10,000
ARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC$5,059
AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID$5,000
DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC$5,000
PROJECT SAVE ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES INC$5,000
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC (DBA DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA)$5,000
MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION EDUCATION FUND$5,000
HOLY CROSS ARMENIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
ARMENIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICA$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 7%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $69k → 8%ARMENIAN CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND: $10k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $33k → 14%ST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $50k → 8%FRIENDS OF FAST: $10k → 14%DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA (EASTERN): $10k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA (ARMENIAN TREE PROJECT): $20k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $48k → 8%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF FAST: $10k → 14%DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA (EASTERN): $10k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $20k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $45k → 8%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5k → 16%FRIENDS OF FAST: $5k → 14%DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA (EASTERN): $5k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $15k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CTR FOR THE ARTS FKA ARSENAL CTR FOR THE ARTS: $44k → 8%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5k → 16%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $13k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $33k → 8%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $5k → 16%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $10k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $32k → 8%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS: $5k → 16%MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC (DBA DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA): $5k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $10k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $30k → 8%WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $40k → 16%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $5k → 17%AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $5k → 14%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $20k → 8%ST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $15k → 8%ARMENIA FUND: $15k → 14%ST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $15k → 8%ST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $15k → 8%TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $13k → 8%ST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $10k → 8%ST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $10k → 8%DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $8k → 8%1FOR3ORG INC: $6k → 8%FRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY: $5k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $25k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH (NAASR): $20k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH: $13k → 8%ARMENIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH (NAASR): $10k → 8%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
DC
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$821k · 26 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
26

Total granted

$821k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+17%

Still filing today

81%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $99k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthCivil RightsPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • AA
    ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $107k · revenue +52%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF FAST
    3× · 2023–2025 · $25k · revenue +26%
  • PS
    PROJECT SAVE ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $16k · revenue +305%

Funded once

  • DC
    DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CTR FOR THE ARTS FKA ARSENAL CTR FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2017 · $44k
  • AF
    ARMENIA FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -98%
  • TC
    TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +77%
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
Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California

To educate the public on the Armenian American story and culture.

Arts & Culture
3
Armenian Cultural & Educational Center Inc

Provide cultural and educational services to the armenian community

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
6
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
7
Armenian Review Inc
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8
Armenian Relief Society of Eastern Usa Inc

Serves the humanitarian needs of the armenian people and seeks to preserve the cultural identity of the armenian nation.

International
9
Armenian Sports Hall of Fame
—
10
American University of Armenia Corporation

Support of the educational and research activities of the american university of armenia (aua).

Education
11
Research On Armenian Architecture Usa

Research, study and document ancient Armenian architecture.

Arts & Culture
12
Armenian Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia

To educate the public about Armenian history, culture and heritage, including commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Armenian Assembly of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wgbh Educational 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

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 65 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
29/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DOROTHY AND CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $284,425 · Arts & CultureTHE DOROTHY AND CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR …WGBH Educational Foundation: $40,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educational FoundationARMENIAN HERITAGE TRIBUTE AND GENOCIDE M: $17,500 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $68,209 · Arts & Culture+14 moreST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH: $125,000 · OtherST JAMES ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCHNational Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc: $80,000 · OtherNational Association for Armenian Studies a…DOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CTR FOR THE ARTS FKA ARSENAL CTR FOR THE ARTS: $44,000 · OtherDOROTHY & CHARLES MOSESIAN CTR FOR THE ARTS…DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA: $27,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICAARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA (ARMENIAN TREE PROJECT): $20,000 · OtherPROJECT SAVE ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES INC: $16,000 · OtherARMENIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Other+23 more: $68,359 · Other+23 moreARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $106,625 · InternationalARMENIAN ASSEM…1for3org Inc: $6,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $5,000 · International+7 more: $14,000 · International+7 moreACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsFRIENDS OF FAST: $25,000 · Science & TechMassachusetts Peace Action Education Fund: $15,000 · Public BenefitThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $8,000 · Public BenefitARMENIA FUND INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCITY OF SMILE - USA INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$410,134Other$395,359International$136,625Civil Rights$31,000Science & Tech$25,000Public Benefit$23,000Philanthropy$17,500

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 budgetTHE DOROTHY AND CHARLES MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $284,425 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $106,625 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNational Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF FAST: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetARMENIAN HERITAGE TRIBUTE AND GENOCIDE M: $17,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT SAVE ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES INC: $16,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Peace Action Education Fund: $15,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetArmenian Church Endowment Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN FILM FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetFARM AID INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY: $8,389 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARMENIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetSAYAT NOVA DANCE CO INC: $6,220 over 2y, 13% of budget1for3org Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetARMENIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFound in Translation Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGLOUCESTER WRITERS CENTER INC: $2,600 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCITY OF SMILE - USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetArmenian Cultural Foundation: $1,650 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC FOR FOOD INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WATTS 2 BOSTON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $500 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.

John Mirak FoundationNazarian Family Found…The Parsekian Foundat…Leon and Marion Semon…Afeyan Family Foundat…Sami & Annie Totah Fa…Robert a Semonian Cha…Aurelian and Anahid M…United Armenian Chari…Vartkess & Rita Balia…Armenia Empyrean Foun…Boston Foundation Inc
John Mirak FoundationMA32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John Mirak Foundation · Nazarian Family Foundation · The Parsekian Foundation Inc · Leon and Marion Semonian Charitable Trust · Afeyan Family Foundation · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · Robert a Semonian Charitable Trust · Aurelian and Anahid Mardirosian Charitable Foundation Inc · United Armenian Charities Inc · Vartkess & Rita Balian Family Foundation Inc · Armenia Empyrean Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc

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 Charles Mosesian Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Mosesian Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Gloucester Writers Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 Charles Mosesian Family Foundation 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 65 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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