New Jersey · Private foundation
The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $384k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $384k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $382k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.1M | 42% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $500k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $421k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $292k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $324k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $303k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian Sisters Academy | $795,665 | 9 | n/a |
| The Armenian Eyecare Project | $374,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Holy Trinity Armenian Church | $365,050 | 6 | n/a |
| Armenian Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia | $200,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief | $188,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Joseph Lacroce Foundation Inc | $130,900 | 9 | 11% |
| Diocese of the Armenian Church of America | $88,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grounds for Sculpture Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $68,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hidden Road Initiative | $35,000 | 1 | 19% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family Foundation Inc (Levon Nazarian Fd'N) · Avedisian 575 Foundation Inc · Nazareth & Nila Festekjian Family Foundation · Bedrosian Foundation · Charles Mosesian Family Foundation · Ayvazian Family Foundation · The Sarkis and Ruth Bedevian Family Foundation · Robert a Semonian Charitable Trust · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Zartarian Foundation · Armenia Empyrean Foundation · The Armen and Gloria Hampar Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $383,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Education (22%), Health (17%).
- Who are The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Armenian Sisters Academy ($796k), The Armenian Eyecare Project ($374k), Holy Trinity Armenian Church ($365k).
- Does The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc 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 The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family Foundation Inc (Levon Nazarian Fd'N), Avedisian 575 Foundation Inc, Nazareth & Nila Festekjian Family Foundation.
- Where is The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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