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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
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

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

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’17
16
’18
6
’19
7
’20
6
’21

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$68kEducation$47kCivil Rights$33kInternational$31kReligion$28kPublic Benefit$12kHuman Services$1kFood & Nutrition$450Other$0
02FY2020 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Armenia Fund$5,000
Friends of Hrant Dink$2,500
Armenian Assembly of America Inc$1,100
Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund$1,000
National Association of Armenian Studies & Research$1,000
Project Save$450
Tekeyan Cultural Association$250
Armenian Technology Group Inc$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAYAT NOVA DANCE COMPANY: $26k → 8%CLARK UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA: $1k → 10%KNIGHTS OF VARTAN: $15k → 11%IF AMERICANS KNEW: $1k → 11%ORGANIZATION OF INSTANBUL ARMENIANS: $1k → 14%SAINT NERSES ARMENIAN SEMINARY: $1k → 9%DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $3k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $2k → 14%HOUSHAMADYAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION: $4k → 8%JUSTICE ARMENIA: $1k → 7%TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONTEKEYAN CULTURA: $25k → 8%ORGANIZATION OF INSTANBUL ARMENIANS: $1k → 14%DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $2k → 17%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $1k → 14%ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION: $3k → 7%FRIENDS OF HRANT DINK: $21k → 8%ARARAT ESKIJIAN MUSEUM: $2k → 14%FUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF: $1k → 17%Armenian Assembly of America Inc: $1k → 14%GONCA SONMEZ-POOLE: $10k → 8%ARARAT ESKIJIAN MUSEUM: $1k → 14%DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $1k → 17%Armenian Assembly of America Inc: $1k → 14%ARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROS FUND: $1k → 7%ST JAMES ARMENIAN CHURCH: $5k → 8%ARMENIAN EVANGELICAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA: $8k → 14%ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA: $9k → 14%Armenian Wounded Heroes Fund: $1k → 7%SAINT JAMES ARMENIAN CHURCH: $5k → 8%Armenia Fund: $5k → 14%ANCA ENDOWMENT FUND: $2k → 14%THE FRIENDS OF HRANT DINK: $5k → 8%HALO TRUST: $1k → 14%Friends of Hrant Dink: $3k → 8%Friends of Hrant Dink: $2k → 8%ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMENS ASSOCIATION: $1k → 8%FRIENDS OF HRANT DINK: $1k → 8%ARMENIAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%Tekeyan Cultural Association: $1k → 8%ARMENIAN TREE PROJECT: $1k → 8%PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE: $25k → 8%President and Fellows of Harvard College: $12k → 8%JIRAIR LIBARIDIAN: $1k → 8%National Association for Armenian Studies & Research: $2k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARMENIAN STUDIES & RESEARCH: $2k → 8%National Association of Armenian Studies & Research: $1k → 8%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARMENIAN STUDIES: $1k → 8%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108k · 14 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
33

Total granted

$108k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+51%

Still filing today

57%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
InternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyFood & 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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF HRANT DINK INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $32k · revenue +82%
  • TC
    TEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +141%
  • AA
    ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $6k · revenue +293%

Funded once

  • SN
    SAYAT NOVA DANCE COMPANY
    one grant, 2017 · $26k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • AN
    ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +93%
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
Global Arm Foundation

Education about armenia & caucasu region

Philanthropy
2
Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art Inc

To promote armenian contemporary experimental art

Arts & Culture
3
Armenian Sports Hall of Fame
—
4
Armenian Professional Society Scholarship Fund

Further education

Arts & Culture
5
Armenian National Institute Inc

To promote understanding of the armenian genocide through research, analysis, publication, and public forums; to collect and organize documentation attesting to and preserving the memory of the armenian genocide; and to increase public…

International
6
Research On Armenian Architecture Usa

Research, study and document ancient Armenian architecture.

Arts & Culture
7
The Voice of the Armenian Church Inc
—
8
The H Hovnanian Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
9
Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center Inc

To Promote education and cultural awareness of historical events

Arts & Culture
10
Armenian Film Society

Armenian film society celebrates armenian culture through year-round programming of film screenings, discussions, workshop, and lectures. it shines a spotlight on armenian films and filmmakers, as week as films that deal with armenian…

Arts & Culture
11
Armenian Cultural Foundation
—
12
New York Armenian Home Inc
Human Services
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 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 51 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAYAT NOVA DANCE COMPANY: $26,000 · OtherSAYAT NOVA DANCE COMPANYKnights of Vartan Inc: $14,939 · OtherKnights of Vartan IncIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientARMENIAN EVANGELICAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA: $8,000 · OtherARMENIAN EVANGELICAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICANational Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc: $7,000 · OtherNational Association for Armenian Studies and Re…DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH: $6,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCHST JAMES ARMENIAN CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherSAINT JAMES ARMENIAN CHURCH: $5,000 · Other+17 more: $18,840 · Other+17 morePresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $37,058 · EducationPresident and Fellow…TRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF CLARK UN…+1 more: $1,250 · EducationFRIENDS OF HRANT DINK INC: $31,500 · Civil RightsFRIENDS OF HRAN…+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $26,250 · Arts & CultureTEKEYAN CULTURA…Houshamadyan Educational Association: $3,540 · Arts & CultureHoushamadyan Ed…Organization of Istanbul Armenians: $2,000 · Arts & CultureOrganization of…+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AMERICA: $8,750 · InternationalARMENIAN NA…ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $6,150 · InternationalARMENIAN AS…ANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $2,200 · InternationalANCA ENDOWM…THE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $1,000 · InternationalIF AMERICANS KNEW: $1,000 · InternationalFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $1,000 · InternationalARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND INC: $1,000 · InternationalARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATI: $1,000 · International+6 more: $1,000 · InternationalARMENIA FUND INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PAROS FOUNDATION: $200 · PhilanthropyFARM AID INC: $150 · Food & Nutrition
Other$100,779Education$43,308Civil Rights$32,500Arts & Culture$32,040International$23,100Philanthropy$5,200Food & Nutrition$150

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $37,058 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HRANT DINK INC: $31,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTEKEYAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC: $26,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKnights of Vartan Inc: $14,939 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetARMENIAN EVANGELICAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNational Association for Armenian Studies and Research Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $6,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIA FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoushamadyan Educational Association: $3,540 over 1y, 14% of budgetANCA ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA CORPORATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HALO TRUST (USA) INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIF AMERICANS KNEW: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFUND FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST NERSESS ARMENIAN SEMINARY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARMENIAN WOUNDED HEROES FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARMENIAN TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC: $300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetARMENIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND INC DBA CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND COAF: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM AID INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMBRIDGE YEREVAN SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEAR EAST FOUNDATION: $100 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.

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.

John Mirak FoundationVartkess & Rita Balia…Nazarian Family Found…United Armenian Chari…Armenia Empyrean Foun…Leon and Marion Semon…Charles Mosesian Fami…Jhm Charitable Founda…Bedrosian FoundationCherchian Family Foun…Afeyan Family Foundat…The Stephen Philibosi…
John Mirak FoundationMA30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Parsekian Foundation Inc 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 51 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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