California · Private foundation
Simonian Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $13M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
73% of Simonian Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Myriad Usa Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,357,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,432,495
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Simonian Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $3.4M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.3M | 86% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $705k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| After-School All-Stars | $3,179,400 | 3 | 5% |
| Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California | $2,010,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Baby2baby | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hawn Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Paris Brain Institute America Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 6% |
| United Friends of the Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zeruzeru | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Armenia Hearing Aid Project | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Simonian Family Foundation
- How much does Simonian Family Foundation give?
- Simonian Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $12,875,995 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Simonian Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (80%), Youth Development (12%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Simonian Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: After-School All-Stars ($3.2M), Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California ($2.0M), Baby2baby ($75k).
- Does Simonian Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simonian Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Simonian Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Simonian Family Foundation based?
- Simonian Family Foundation is based in CA.
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