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Kevork and Sirwart Hovnanian Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Kevork and Sirwart Hovnanian 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.

$128k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$336kReligion$90kInternational$77kHealth$56kArts & Culture$52kEnvironment$13kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$60,000
RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC$25,000
ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH$12,000
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY$10,000
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE$10,000
FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM$5,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$2,000
FUNDS FOR ARMENIAN RELIEFANSEF$2,000
ARMENIAN RADIO HOUR OF NJ$2,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $2k → 8%THE COPELY SOCIETY OF ART: $3k → 16%LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%STUDIO INCAMMINATI: $2k → 22%HEALTH CARE COLLABORATIVE INC: $4k → 7%ARMENIA FUND INC: $5k → 14%FUNDS FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $61k → 17%NEW ARTS PUBLICATIONS INC: $10k → 20%HUDSON FARM FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $24k → 6%RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 8%HUDSON FARM FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%ARMENIAN RADIO HOUR OF NJ: $2k → 16%FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: $5k → 11%WENDELL GILLEY MUSEUM: $2k → 11%DISCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $7k → 17%NEW ARTS PUBICATION INC: $10k → 20%ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $14k → 6%RIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 8%DISCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $5k → 17%NEW ARTS PUBICATION INC: $5k → 20%ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $14k → 6%FUNDS FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF: $5k → 17%ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $12k → 6%ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $12k → 6%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $18k → 8%CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $3k → 6%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $15k → 8%ST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $3k → 6%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $10k → 8%MONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $10k → 8%ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION: $3k → 17%CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $5k → 6%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $10k → 8%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE: $10k → 8%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: $8k → 6%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%SALMAGUNDI CLUB: $3k → 17%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $4k → 6%SALMAGUNDI CLUB: $3k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $60k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%COLUMNBIA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%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

ME
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
TN
NC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$404k · 16 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
12

Total granted

$404k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+9%

Still filing today

56%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyInternationalHealthOther
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

  • Trustees of Tufts College
    6× · 2020–2025 · $73k · revenue +39%
  • FF
    FUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $70k · revenue +40%
  • MU
    MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $42k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • CU
    COLUMNBIA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • MC
    MONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -49%
  • AF
    ARMENIA FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -98%
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
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
5
International Academy of Fine Art

The florence acadamy of art was founed in 1991 by daniel graves (see schedule o for details).

International
6
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
10
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
11
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
12
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York; the most unlike its peers is Health Career Collaborative Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $160,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY …Trustees of Tufts College: $73,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $41,500 · EducationMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC+1 more: $8,000 · EducationST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCH: $77,300 · OtherST STEPANOS ARMENIAN CHURCHRIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherRIVERVIEW MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INCCOLUMNBIA UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherCOLUMNBIA UNIVERSITYNEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC: $25,000 · OtherNEW ART PUBLICATIONS INCDISCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $11,500 · OtherARMENIAN RADIO HOUR OF NJ: $9,500 · Other+12 more: $25,070 · Other+12 moreFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $69,500 · InternationalFUND FOR ARM…THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $10,000 · PhilanthropyARMENIA FUND INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $8,000 · EnvironmentMONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentSALMAGUNDI CLUB: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureStudio Incamminati: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHUDSON FARM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Health
Education$282,500Other$248,370International$69,500Philanthropy$15,000Environment$13,000Arts & Culture$12,500Food & Nutrition$10,000Health$3,500

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $160,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $73,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $69,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC: $41,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHUDSON FARM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSALMAGUNDI CLUB: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealth Career Collaborative Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStudio Incamminati: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON FARM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SPECIAL FORCES CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN OCEAN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds SALMAGUNDI CLUB ↗
  • Who funds THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIA FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Health Career Collaborative Inc ↗
  • Who funds LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COPLEY SOCIETY OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Studio Incamminati ↗

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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY11.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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 Kevork and Sirwart Hovnanian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kevork and Sirwart Hovnanian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 32 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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