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Kalenderian Foundation at a glance

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Kalenderian 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.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0169% 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$70kEducation$52kInternational$16kMembership Benefit$13kHealth$5kCivil Rights$2kYouth Development$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$847k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$3,300
Individual grant recipient$2,000
ARMENIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ARMENIAN ED BENEVOLENT UNION$750
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%HOP IN A SUITCASE: $500 → 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.
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.
$163k · 10 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$163k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+60%

Still filing today

40%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AU
    AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $51k · revenue +228%
  • AL
    ARMENIAN LIGHTHOUSE
    5× · 2019–2024 · $44k
  • AE
    ARMENIAN ED BENEVOLENT UNION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $13k

Funded once

  • AA
    ARTSAKH ARTS CULTURAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • AA
    ARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +89%
  • AE
    ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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 Sports Hall of Fame
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2
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
3
Armenian Youth Foundation Inc

To acquaint and educate young people with armenian culture, history, and literature

Youth Development
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
Unified Young Armenians Inc Co Aroutin Hartounian

To educate and promote the history & heritage of the armenian community.

Arts & Culture
6
Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund Inc
International
7
Armenian Professional Society Scholarship Fund

Further education

Arts & Culture
8
The Voice of the Armenian Church Inc
—
9
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Inc

To promote armenian contemporary experimental art

Arts & Culture
10
Armenian Youth Federation Youth Org Arf Eastern Usa Inc

Educate youth about armenian heritage, history, and culture. create opportunities for american-armenian youth to gain leadership experience in their communities around the united states. provide opportunities for armenian-american youth…

—
11
House of Armenia

To raise awareness about armenians by organizing cultural events to propagate armenian culture, heritage and values.

Arts & Culture
12
Arahed Foundation Inc

The foundation aims to improve access to quality healthcare by strengthening the healthcare system in armenia.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Armenian Educational Foundation; the most unlike its peers is El Rancho High School Cheer Booster. 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

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 27 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARMENIAN LIGHTHOUSE: $44,000 · OtherARMENIAN LIGHTHOUSEARMENIAN ED BENEVOLENT UNION: $12,600 · OtherARMENIAN ED BENEVOLENT UNIONIndividual grant recipient: $11,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $10,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientARTSAKH ARTS CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherARTSAKH ARTS CULTURAL FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $8,128 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+10 more: $10,900 · Other+10 moreAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $51,400 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMEN…+1 more: $500 · EducationArmenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California: $9,500 · Arts & CultureARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CIVILITAS FOUNDATION: $7,600 · InternationalOUR LADY OF ARMENIA INC: $2,300 · InternationalARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentARMENIA FUND INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAOA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$118,078Education$51,900Arts & Culture$14,500International$9,900Environment$5,000Philanthropy$5,000Youth Development$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $51,400 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetArmenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CIVILITAS FOUNDATION: $7,600 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOUR LADY OF ARMENIA INC: $2,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKnights of Vartan Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE IN A SUITCASE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California ↗
  • Who funds THE CIVILITAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIA FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR LADY OF ARMENIA INC ↗
  • Who funds AOA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Knights of Vartan Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IN A SUITCASE ↗
  • Who funds EL RANCHO HIGH SCHOOL CHEER BOOSTER ↗

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.

The Vahik & Alice Pet…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Vahik & Alice Petrossian FoundationCA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Vahik & Alice Petrossian Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Kalenderian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kalenderian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 27 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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