· Private foundation
Harry S & Kathleen H Melikian Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $3k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR TJO ANIMALS | $10,220 |
| NOURISH NC | $10,220 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,150 |
| PINE STREET INN | $1,150 |
| DURHAM RESCUE MISSION | $850 |
| SAY INC | $275 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NINourishNC Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +114%
- STSHEPHERD'S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC3× · 2021–2023 · $7k · revenue +2%
PINE STREET INN INC6× · 2020–2025 · $5k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- CPCarolina Poodle Rescueone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +8%
- DFDOUGLAS FLUTIE JR CENTER FOR AUTISone grant, 2021 · $1k
GIRL SCOUTS - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES INCone grant, 2021 · $750 · revenue -2%
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.
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.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Pediatric specialty group, inc. (d/b/a nicklaus children's pediatric specialists ("ncps")) is a physician-directed, multi-specialty pediatric group with a regional, national, and international presence in providing pediatric-centric care…
Located in raleigh, nc, the spca of wake county works in over half the state of north carolina through collaborative partnerships that save pets and help people. significant activities include: decreasing the number of animals entering…
It is the mission of the ronald mcdonald house charities of the carolinas, inc. to provide for the physical and emotional well being of children and their families.
To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…
Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
The mission is to increase the availability of service dogs for veterans, children with special needs, and adults with disabilities. We breed, nurture, donate, and in some cases, train Labrador Retriever puppies to ensure they become…
To advance cures and treatment of childhood cancer and other rare diseases.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds NourishNC Inc ↗
- Who funds Rosey's Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds SHEPHERD'S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds Carolina Poodle Rescue ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harry S & Kathleen H Melikian Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry S & Kathleen H Melikian Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
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