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Manoogian Simone Foundation at a glance

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Manoogian Simone 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.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$32MInternational$6.7MArts & Culture$5.3MEducation$3.7MHealth$485kPublic Benefit$400kReligion$342kYouth Development$200kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $350k
  • $250k+4 grants · $12M
$450,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (DONOR ADVISED)$8,575,000
VISUAL ARMENIAN FOUNDATION$2,080,000
THE ARMENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION$500,000
ARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND$450,000
SAHAG-ARMENIAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC$200,000
CLASSICAL ARMENIAN$150,000
VISUAL ARMENIAN FOUNDATION$40,000
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARMENIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOC BOS: $200k → 7%GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOUNDATION: $200k → 8%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA: $1.3M → 10%CLASSICAL ARMENIAN: $150k → 14%TUFENKIAN FOUNDATION-WOMEN'S SUPPOR: $60k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $10k → 14%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $7.4M → 21%FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%VISUAL ARMENIA FOUNDATION: $2.2M → 7%CLASSICAL ARMENIA: $25k → 14%TUFENKIAN FOUNDATION - DISPLACED PE: $36k → 17%WOLA WASHINGTON OFFICE ON LATIN AME: $5k → 14%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $1.1M → 21%VISUAL ARMENIAN FOUNDATION: $2.1M → 7%SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $100k → 17%CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK: $2k → 14%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $342k → 21%VISUAL ARMENIAN FOUNDATION: $40k → 7%FILM INDEPENDENT INC: $216k → 14%SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL: $1k → 14%AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SHCOOL: $1.0M → 14%HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE: $500 → 14%IMPACT HUB ARMENIA INC: $100k → 14%MARTHA'S TABLE: $2k → 14%SAHAG-ARMENIAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $200k → 14%MY STEP FOUNDATION: $1.5M → 14%EVN NEW FOUNDATION: $175k → 14%PBS SOCALKCET: $10k → 14%ARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROS FUND: $450k → 14%ARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $450k → 14%ARMENIA FUND INC: $3.0M → 14%LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $10k → 14%WESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $5k → 14%KCRW: $1k → 14%THE ARMENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%THE ARMENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%GOFUNDMEORG: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MI
NY
MA
CA
MD
DC
FL
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 12 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
28

Total granted

$33M
$6.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+8%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.4M · revenue +149%
  • EN
    EVN NEWS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $400k · revenue +18% · 50% of their budget
  • PA
    POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $200k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • AF
    ARMENIA FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3.0M · revenue -98%
  • MS
    My Step Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $1.5M · revenue -99% · 65% of their budget
  • AM
    AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue +30%
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 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
2
Armenian Sports Hall of Fame
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3
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
4
One Armenia Inc

To support job-creation in armenia via crowdfunding for innovative and sustainable projects focused on agriculture, tourism, technology and local production.

Philanthropy
5
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Inc

To promote armenian contemporary experimental art

Arts & Culture
6
Armenian General Benevolent Union

Ensuring the prosperity and well-being of all armenians.

—
7
The H Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
8
Armenian Professional Society Scholarship Fund

Further education

Arts & Culture
9
Arpi Publishing

The organization's mission is to preserve the western armenian language; createoriginal picture books, contemporary graphic novels, young adult books, andclassroom resources in western armenian; create audio books of all books…

Arts & Culture
10
Cultural Impact Foundation Inc

Humans are endowed with innate creative abilities; we have formed civilizations and societies, framed laws, built architectural marvels and created cultural masterpieces. it is our creative abilities that have allowed us to produce…

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Amin Arasteh Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Los Angeles Regional Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund 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

28 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. 28 of the 42 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Schwab Charitable Fund (Donor Advised Fund): $21,424,926 · OtherSchwab Charitable Fund (Donor Advised Fund)SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (DONOR ADVISED): $8,575,000 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND (DONOR ADVISED)VISUAL ARMENIA FOUNDATION: $5,622,000 · OtherVISUAL ARMENIA FOUNDATION+21 more: $1,853,420 · OtherARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND INC: $2,100,000 · InternationalMy Step Foundation Inc: $1,500,000 · International+1 more: $100,000 · InternationalARMENIA FUND INC: $3,000,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $7,025 · PhilanthropyTHE ARMENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION: $1,425,000 · Arts & CultureEVN NEWS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Arts & CultureFILM INDEPENDENT: $216,000 · Arts & CultureCLASSICAL ARMENIA: $175,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $1,432,634 · EducationUnicare Medical Solutions Inc: $225,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $15,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $4,500 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $2,060 · Food & Nutrition
Other$37,475,346International$3,700,000Philanthropy$3,007,025Arts & Culture$2,226,000Education$1,659,634Youth Development$200,000Food & Nutrition$21,560

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 budgetVISUAL ARMENIA FOUNDATION: $5,622,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $3,000,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND INC: $2,100,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetMy Step Foundation Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $1,432,634 over 3y, 17% of budgetTHE ARMENIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION: $1,425,000 over 4y, 96% of budgetAGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL: $1,000,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetEVN NEWS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 3y, 50% of budgetUnicare Medical Solutions Inc: $225,000 over 1y, 92% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $216,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCLASSICAL ARMENIA: $175,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetIMPACT HUB ARMENIA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $2,060 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $2,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTA MONICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Manoogian Simone Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Manoogian Simone 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 42 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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