Skip to content
The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· 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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.2MEducation$862kHealth$675kArts & Culture$385kInternational$232kScience & Tech$170kYouth Development$145kPhilanthropy$92kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$23,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARMENIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF PHILADELPHIA$100,000
HOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCH$50,000
ST GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CH$50,000
ARMENIAN SISTERS ACADEMY$44,500
ARMENIAN CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND INC$30,000
GROUNDS FOR SCULTPURE$30,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$23,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$20,000
THERAPISTS FOR AMERICA INC$17,500
PERKINS CENTER FOR ARTS$10,000
JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION$4,600
JAWS YOUTH FUND INC$2,000
ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $176k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAHMAN USA: $10k → 14%JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION: $32k → 12%JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION: $22k → 12%COMMUNITY HOUSE OF MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY: $3k → 7%JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION: $21k → 12%ALL FOR ARMENIA: $18k → 14%JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%ALL FOR ARMENIA: $15k → 14%JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%CARZ N TOYZ INC: $14k → 12%CARZ N TOYZ INC: $8k → 12%CARZ N TOYZ INC: $7k → 12%CARZ N TOYZ INC: $3k → 12%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.
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 21 repeat orgs$822k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
26

Total granted

$3.1M
$790k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+35%

Still filing today

48%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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
Human ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalHealthArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT
    4× · 2021–2025 · $374k · revenue +76%
  • JL
    JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $131k · revenue +150%
  • GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $80k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • DO
    DIOCESE OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2020 · $183k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NATURAL DISCOVERIES
    one grant, 2019 · $170k
  • VF
    VIRTUA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
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
New York Armenian Home Inc
Human Services
2
Armenian Sports Hall of Fame
—
3
Armenian Relief Society of Eastern Usa Inc

Serves the humanitarian needs of the armenian people and seeks to preserve the cultural identity of the armenian nation.

International
4
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Inc

To promote armenian contemporary experimental art

Arts & Culture
5
Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund Inc
International
6
Armenian Relief & Development Association

Helps children, elderly and families in armenia with basic humanitarian and spiritual needs.

International
7
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
8
The Voice of the Armenian Church Inc
—
9
Birthright Armenia Inc
Philanthropy
10
The H Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
11
Armenian Educational Foundation

Providing grants that contribute to the goals of armenian education and heritage

Arts & Culture
12
Armenian Cultural & Educational Center Inc

Provide cultural and educational services to the armenian community

Arts & Culture
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 Philadelphia Belles Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 49 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARMENIAN SISTERS ACADEMY: $795,665 · OtherARMENIAN SISTERS ACADEMYST GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CH: $483,670 · OtherST GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHHOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCH: $365,050 · OtherHOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCHDIOCESE OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH OF AMERICA: $183,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF THE AMERICAN CHURCH OF AMERICACENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NATURAL DISCOVERIES: $170,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NATURAL DISCOVERIESVIRTUA FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherVIRTUA FOUNDATIONBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $126,000 · OtherTHE HIRAIR AND ANNA HOVNANIAN FOUNDATION INC: $92,000 · Other+24 more: $338,284 · Other+24 moreTHE ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT: $374,000 · HealthTHE ARMENIAN …THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $68,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'…Frontline Therapists: $35,000 · HealthFrontline The…Armenian Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia: $200,000 · Arts & CultureGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $80,000 · Arts & CulturePERKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY FOR ORPHANED ARMENIAN RELIEF: $188,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $3,475 · PhilanthropyJOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION INC: $130,900 · Human ServicesALL FOR ARMENIA: $32,586 · Human ServicesSAHMAN USA: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesHIDDEN ROAD INITIATIVE: $35,000 · EducationHOVNANIAN SCHOOL INC: $30,000 · EducationArmenian Church Endowment Fund Inc: $30,000 · Religion
Other$2,703,669Health$477,000Arts & Culture$310,000Philanthropy$191,975Human Services$175,986Education$65,000Religion$30,000

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 ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT: $374,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetArmenian Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia: $200,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR ORPHANED ARMENIAN RELIEF: $188,500 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetJOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION INC: $130,900 over 9y, 11% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $68,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIDDEN ROAD INITIATIVE: $35,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFrontline Therapists: $35,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetALL FOR ARMENIA: $32,586 over 2y, 42% of budgetHOVNANIAN SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPERKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSAHMAN USA: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSE OF MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOSEPH FUND INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA BELLES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetGARDEN STATE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HEALTHCARE & HOSPICE INC: $450 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 ARMENIAN EYECARE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Armenian Heritage Foundation of Philadelphia ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR ORPHANED ARMENIAN RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH LACROCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds HIDDEN ROAD INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Frontline Therapists ↗
  • Who funds ALL FOR ARMENIA ↗
  • Who funds Armenian Church Endowment Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOVNANIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PERKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds SAHMAN USA ↗
  • Who funds ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSE OF MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF ↗
  • Who funds JAWS YOUTH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOSEPH FUND INC ↗

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.

Levon & Claudia Nazar…Avedisian 575 Foundat…Nazareth & Nila Feste…Bedrosian FoundationCharles Mosesian Fami…Ayvazian Family Found…The Sarkis and Ruth B…Robert a Semonian Cha…Community Foundation …Zartarian FoundationArmenia Empyrean Foun…The Armen and Gloria …
Levon & Claudia Nazarian Family Foundation Inc (Levon Nazarian Fd'N)NJ20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Perkins Center for the Arts: 24% of income from government
  • Grounds for Sculpture Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Hovnanian School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 49 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Jirair S and Elizabeth Hovnanian Family’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home