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The Haiganoosh Mengushian Ajemian Foundation at a glance

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The Haiganoosh Mengushian Ajemian 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.

$228k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$701kInternational$667kHealth$141kHuman Services$74kEnvironment$70kReligion$35kArts & Culture$34kCivil Rights$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COAF-CHILDREN OF ARMENIAN FUND$150,000
FUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF (FAR)$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA$5,000
AGBU SPECIAL PROJECTS$5,000
PAROS FOUNDATION SERVICE ARMENIA$5,000
NAT'S PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND$5,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKI$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ANCA ENDOWMENT FUND$5,000
HOPE FOR WARRIORS$4,000
FULLER CENTER$3,000
ARMENIAN EYE CARE PROJECT$3,000
TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION$2,500
KNIGHTS OF VARTAN CHARTIBLE FUND$2,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION: $2k → 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $500 → 7%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 36 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
11

Total granted

$1.9M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+39%

Still filing today

33%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TP
    THE PAROS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $60k · revenue +75%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $48k · revenue +578%
  • TC
    TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $20k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • A
    AGBU
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • FW
    FALLEN WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • FA
    FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +56%
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
Pano Koumantaros Cancer Research Fund Inc
Philanthropy
2
Tufenkian Family Foundation
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3
The Khachaturian Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Mark Samuelian Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund Inc
International
6
Aris Anagnos Charitable Trust
Philanthropy
7
Constantinos C Polychronis Foundation
—
8
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc

Founded in 1955, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is an independent non-profit membership organization, and one of the world's leading Armenian Studies centers and rare book libraries. NAASR advances…

—
9
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
10
The Argosy Foundation
—
11
Amin Arasteh Foundation
—
12
Argyros Family Foundation
—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Anca Endowment Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Paros Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 50 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COAF: $635,000 · OtherCOAFCOAF-CHILDREN OF ARMENIAN FUND: $507,500 · OtherCOAF-CHILDREN OF ARMENIAN FUNDFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF (FAR): $100,000 · OtherFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF (FAR)Individual grant recipient: $72,500 · Other+30 more: $396,500 · Other+30 moreTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $48,000 · HealthFRANNY STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $20,500 · HealthPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $13,500 · HealthTHE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT: $12,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE PAROS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyKnights of Vartan Charitable Fund: $10,500 · PhilanthropyFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Arts & CultureARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $19,000 · InternationalANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $5,000 · InternationalCOTS: $11,500 · Housing & ShelterCharity Navigator: $3,000 · Human ServicesMOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$1,711,500Health$110,500Philanthropy$73,500Arts & Culture$31,000International$24,000Housing & Shelter$11,500Human Services$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PAROS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $48,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRANNY STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $20,500 over 5y, 18% of budgetTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $19,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $13,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOTS: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKnights of Vartan Charitable Fund: $10,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCharity Navigator: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMOTOR CITY MITTEN MISSION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $1,000 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 THE PAROS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds FRANNY STRONG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries ↗
  • Who funds THE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds COTS ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Knights of Vartan Charitable Fund ↗
  • Who funds ANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds FALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND ↗
  • Who funds Charity Navigator ↗

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.

Cherchian Family Foun…Vartkess & Rita Balia…The Parsekian Foundat…John Mirak FoundationSami & Annie Totah Fa…Ucla FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Cherchian Family Foundation IncWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cherchian Family Foundation Inc · Vartkess & Rita Balian Family Foundation Inc · The Parsekian Foundation Inc · John Mirak Foundation · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · Ucla Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Haiganoosh Mengushian Ajemian Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Haiganoosh Mengushian Ajemian Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 The Haiganoosh Mengushian Ajemian Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Haiganoosh Mengushian Ajemian 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 50 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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