Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Parsekian Foundation Inc
Its FY2021 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 FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
65% of The Parsekian Foundation Inc’s FY2021 grant dollars went to President And Fellows Of Harvard College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Parsekian Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $11k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 25% of the organizations The Parsekian Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $11k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $19k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $47k | 76% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Hrant Dink Inc | $31,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Tekeyan Cultural Association Inc | $26,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Knights of Vartan Inc | $14,939 | 2 | 5% |
| Armenian National Committee of America | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Armenian Evangelical Union of North America | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Armenian Assembly of America Inc | $6,150 | 4 | 0% |
| St James Armenian Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Clark University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Armenia Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Parsekian Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: John Mirak Foundation · Vartkess & Rita Balian Family Foundation Inc · Nazarian Family Foundation · United Armenian Charities Inc · Armenia Empyrean Foundation · Leon and Marion Semonian Charitable Trust · Charles Mosesian Family Foundation · Jhm Charitable Foundation · Bedrosian Foundation · Cherchian Family Foundation Inc · Afeyan Family Foundation · The Stephen Philibosian Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Parsekian Foundation Inc
- How much does The Parsekian Foundation Inc give?
- The Parsekian Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $11,400 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Parsekian Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Education (20%), Civil Rights (14%).
- Who are The Parsekian Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Friends of Hrant Dink Inc ($32k), Tekeyan Cultural Association Inc ($26k), Knights of Vartan Inc ($15k).
- Does The Parsekian Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Parsekian 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 Parsekian Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John Mirak Foundation, Vartkess & Rita Balian Family Foundation Inc, Nazarian Family Foundation.
- Where is The Parsekian Foundation Inc based?
- The Parsekian Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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