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The Sirpuhe & John Conte Foundation at a glance

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The Sirpuhe & John Conte 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.

$323k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$323k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$2.1MHuman Services$356kReligion$247kAnimals$130kEducation$113kArts & Culture$56kEnvironment$40kHealth$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$323,100
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DETAILED LIST ATTACHED$323,100
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 5% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION: $4k → 6%PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS: $5k → 22%THE LIVING DESERT: $20k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 15%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5k → 21%ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSN OF AMERICA: $172k → 7%GOOD NEWS JAIL AND PRISION MINISTRY: $5k → 9%SERVICE DOGS FOR HEROES: $1k → 8%THE LIVING DESERT: $20k → 11%LOS ANGELES OPERA: $10k → 14%ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%SAMARITANS PURSE: $5k → 21%ARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSN OF AMERICA: $60k → 7%GOOD NEWS JAIL AND PRISON MINISTRY: $5k → 9%VIRGINIA WARING INT'L PIANO COMPETI: $10k → 11%LARK MUSICAL SOCIETY: $5k → 14%AURORA HUMINITARIAN INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%AMAA ORPHAN CHILD CARE FUND: $300 → 7%VIRGINIA WARING INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMP: $10k → 11%INNER CITY ARTS: $5k → 14%PALM DESERT COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $5k → 11%KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC: $20k → 14%PEGASUS RIDING ACADEMY: $3k → 11%UCLA FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $486k → 11%INNER CITY ARTS: $5k → 14%DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $346k → 11%NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL: $8k → 14%DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $329k → 11%ARMENIAN SISTERS ACADEMY: $5k → 14%DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $323k → 11%NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL: $8k → 14%DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $312k → 11%ARMENIAN SISTERS ACADEMY: $5k → 14%DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $272k → 11%TEEN LINE: $3k → 14%PET RESCUE CENTER: $65k → 11%HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY CO AMAA: $30k → 14%PET RESCUE CENTER INC: $65k → 11%DESERT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $27k → 11%DESERT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $25k → 11%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

MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
NC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 15 repeat orgs$401k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against -17% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$2.7M
$401k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
-17%

Still filing today

53%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentReligionInternationalEducationOther
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

  • DC
    DESERT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $52k · revenue +62%
  • CV
    COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +140%
  • LD
    LIVING DESERT THE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • A
    AMAA
    one grant, 2017 · $300k
  • HU
    HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY CO AMAA
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • KS
    KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc

The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

Arts & Culture
2
Museum Associates

To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…

Arts & Culture
3
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
4
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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5
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
6
American University of Armenia Corporation

Support of the educational and research activities of the american university of armenia (aua).

Education
7
Norton Simon Museum of Art At Pasadena

Operation of a public art museum.

Arts & Culture
8
Laguna Art Museum

The museum's primary exempt purpose is to promote the understanding of the role of art and artists in americn culture through collect, exhibition, research, and instruction. the focus of the organization collection is on the art of…

Arts & Culture
9
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
10
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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12
Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix art museum creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. this mission is supported by seven strategic pillars:(continued on schedule o)1. be a space…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ucla Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

17 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. 17 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DETAILED LIST ATTACHED: $2,067,096 · OtherDETAILED LIST ATTACHEDAMAA: $299,686 · OtherAMAAARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOC OF AMER INC: $231,754 · OtherARMENIAN MISSIONARY ASSOC OF AMER INCPET RESCUE CENTER INC: $130,000 · Other+15 more: $199,300 · Other+15 moreCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 · Human ServicesLIVING DESERT THE: $40,000 · EnvironmentINNER-CITY ARTS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureLARK MUSICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 · Arts & CultureKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · InternationalPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $5,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $5,000 · Health
Other$2,927,836Human Services$50,000Environment$40,000Arts & Culture$25,600Religion$10,000International$10,000Education$10,000Health$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPET RESCUE CENTER INC: $130,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetDESERT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $52,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Springs International Piano Competition: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET DREAMLAND FOUNDATION INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR THE STUDY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN GROUPS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,000 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.

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.

The Stephen Philibosi…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Stephen Philibosian FoundationCA28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Stephen Philibosian Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Sirpuhe & John Conte Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sirpuhe & John Conte Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Nantucket Dreamland Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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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How do I get to The Sirpuhe & John Conte Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sirpuhe & John Conte 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 31 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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