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The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$393k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2025
49
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$51,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 49
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationInternationalFood & NutritionAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving53$393k25%
FY202449$279k24%
FY202344$208k30%
FY202237$287k11%
FY202137$202k16%
FY202036$135k47%
FY201919$112k11%
FY201820$74k10%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$527kHealth$261kArts & Culture$141kInternational$80kAnimals$52kReligion$36kHuman Services$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
SC
DC
HI
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mds Foundation Inc$114,753913%
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc$107,31082%
Armenian International Dental Association Inc$65,291143%
Armenian Museum of America Inc$62,00052%
Mount Auburn Hospital$31,79290%
Children's Hospital Corporation$31,79290%
Belmont Hill School Inc$30,79290%
Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville Inc$30,0003n/a
The College Light Opera Company Inc$28,50080%
Town of Belmont$25,0001n/a
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All grantees of The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mds Foundation Inc$114,753913%
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc$107,31082%
Armenian International Dental Association Inc$65,291143%
Armenian Museum of America Inc$62,00052%
Mount Auburn Hospital$31,79290%
Children's Hospital Corporation$31,79290%
Belmont Hill School Inc$30,79290%
Ethnic Arts Center of Somerville Inc$30,0003n/a
The College Light Opera Company Inc$28,50080%
Town of Belmont$25,0001n/a
The Brendan Grant Foundation$25,000370%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$23,33790%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00040%
Belmont Education Foundation Inc$18,06093%
Armenian Assembly of America Inc$13,80090%
The Armenian Eyecare Project$12,00080%
Belmont Food Pantry Inc$12,00062%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$11,00060%
Chenery Middle School PTO Inc$11,00057%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$10,73860%
Cape Cod Baseball League Inc$10,00011%
Visiting Dental Hygiene Inc$10,00012%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00050%
The Bee Cause Project Inc$9,00060%
Humane World for Animals Inc$7,00020%
Project Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc$7,00060%
Friends of Belmont Public Library Inc$6,00033%
Powers Music School Inc$6,00050%
Armenia School Foundation$5,47032%
Mary Lee Burbank School PTA$5,0002n/a
Falmouth Service Center Inc$5,00010%
La Colaborativa Inc$5,00010%
Tommy's Place Foundation Inc$4,00040%
Falmouth Dog Parks Inc$4,0004n/a
Armenia Fund Inc$4,00010%
Friends of the Belmont Council on Aging Inc$3,0002n/a
Animal Rescue League of Boston$3,00020%
Belmont High School PTO Inc$3,00023%
Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc$3,00020%
The Trustees of Reservations$3,00030%
Maui United Way$2,00010%
One Love Foundation Inc$2,00014%
Maui Food Bank Inc$1,03610%
Arlington-Belmont Crew Inc$1,0301n/a
Texas Extension Education Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
PTA Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association Inc$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($941k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMds Foundation Inc: $114,753 over 9y, 13% of budgetNational Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc: $107,310 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetArmenian International Dental Association Inc: $65,291 over 1y, 43% of budgetArmenian Museum of America Inc: $62,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetMount Auburn Hospital: $31,792 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $31,792 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Hill School Inc: $30,792 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe College Light Opera Company Inc: $28,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Brendan Grant Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $23,337 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Education Foundation Inc: $18,060 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetArmenian Assembly of America Inc: $13,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Armenian Eyecare Project: $12,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBelmont Food Pantry Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChenery Middle School PTO Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $10,738 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCape Cod Baseball League Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVisiting Dental Hygiene Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bee Cause Project Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Bread-The Walk for Hunger Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Belmont Public Library Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPowers Music School Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArmenia School Foundation: $5,470 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFalmouth Service Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLa Colaborativa Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTommy's Place Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArmenia Fund Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Boston: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont High School PTO Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Massachusetts Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaui United Way: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOne Love Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $1,036 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPTA Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation IncMA17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Fndn · Analog Devices Foundation · Robert a Semonian Charitable Trust · Leon and Marion Semonian Charitable Trust · Charles Mosesian Family Foundation · John Mirak Foundation · Nazarian Family Foundation · Jhm Charitable Foundation · Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Boston 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.

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About The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn

How much does The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn give?
The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn reported 53 grants totaling $393,077 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 49 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mds Foundation Inc ($115k), National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc ($107k), Armenian International Dental Association Inc ($65k).
Does The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc, Edmund & Betsy Cabot Charitable Fndn, Analog Devices Foundation.
Where is The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn based?
The Alan K and Isabelle DerKazarian Fdn is based in MA.

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 93 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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