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The Edward S and Eleonore M Aslanian Family Foundation at a glance

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The Edward S and Eleonore M Aslanian Family 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.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$48kHuman Services$38kArts & Culture$31kReligion$8kHousing & Shelter$3kInternational$3kHealth$3kPhilanthropy$630Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$196
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA$5,000
NORCAL SENIOR SERVICES$3,900
COPE FAMILY CENTER$1,000
GOLDEN THREAD PRODUCTIONS$500
ASLA ARMENIAN SOCIETY OF LA$250
ATHLETES IN ACTION$200
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 (FY18–21, $450) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HIVELY: $200 → 9%HIVELY: $200 → 10%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $50 → 10%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

MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
KS
DC
GA
TX
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$128k · 36 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
61

Total granted

$128k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+13%

Still filing today

42%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthReligionPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SG
    Shepherds Gate
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +35%
  • BA
    BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1k · revenue +47%
  • CO
    CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF
    3× · 2021–2023 · $750 · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue +67%
  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -6%
  • KA
    KZV ARMENIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
4
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
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.

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7
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc

The middle east media research institute (memri) explores the middle east through its media, providing timely translations from arabic, farsi, urdu, pashtu, and turkish media and publishing original analysis of political, ideological,…

International
10
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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11
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
12
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Armenian Assembly of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Calvary Armenian Church. 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

33 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. 33 of the 100 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COPE: $22,728 · OtherCOPEIndividual grant recipient: $12,635 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORCAL SENIOR SERVICES: $12,080 · OtherNORCAL SENIOR SERVICESHIGHWAY 29 MEDIA: $6,000 · OtherHIGHWAY 29 MEDIAKZV ARMENIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherKZV ARMENIAN SCHOOLNORCAL ARMENIAN SENIOR SERVICES: $4,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · Other+75 more: $19,775 · Other+75 moreAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $46,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA …+1 more: $100 · EducationSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $12,025 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO B…SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO O…SOCIETY THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY THEATRE…Golden Thread Productions: $1,650 · Arts & CultureGolden Thread P…Music in the Vineyards Inc: $1,450 · Arts & CultureMusic in the Vi…+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureCALVARY ARMENIAN CHURCH: $4,250 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $210 · ReligionARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 · InternationalCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $750 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 · InternationalNEAR EAST FOUNDATION: $200 · InternationalANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $100 · InternationalShepherds Gate: $2,075 · Housing & ShelterCope Family Center: $1,000 · Crime & LegalCITY IMPACT INC: $100 · Crime & Legal
Other$86,318Education$46,100Arts & Culture$23,325Religion$4,460International$2,250Housing & Shelter$2,075Crime & Legal$1,100

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: $46,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $12,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShepherds Gate: $2,075 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Thread Productions: $1,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMusic in the Vineyards Inc: $1,450 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY: $1,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCope Family Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIVELY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Open Hand: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Helena Hospital Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $210 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEAR EAST FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY IMPACT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY ARMENIAN CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds Shepherds Gate ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY THEATRE COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Golden Thread Productions ↗
  • Who funds Music in the Vineyards Inc ↗
  • Who funds BAY AREA CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds Cope Family Center ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SAVE ARMENIAN PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIA FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HIVELY ↗
  • Who funds THE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗

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 Parsekian Foundat…John Mirak FoundationUcla FoundationDaniel and Ludmila Sa…Bedrosian FoundationLevon & Claudia Nazar…Armenia Empyrean Foun…Ara & Edma Dumanian F…Nazarian Family Found…East Bay Community Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Parsekian Foundation IncMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Parsekian Foundation Inc · John Mirak Foundation · Ucla Foundation · Daniel and Ludmila Sahakian Foundation · Bedrosian Foundation · Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family Foundation Inc (Levon Nazarian Fd'N) · Armenia Empyrean Foundation · Ara & Edma Dumanian Foundation · Nazarian Family Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 The Edward S and Eleonore M Aslanian Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edward S and Eleonore M Aslanian Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 100 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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