· Private foundation
The Svs Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k35 grants · $9k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $13,900 |
| ARMENIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATIONHAMAZKAYIN | $1,500 |
| Western Diocese of the Armenian Church | $1,000 |
| Charlie Keyan Armenian School (Charlie Keyan Armenian Community School) | $1,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE | $600 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation | $600 |
| Individual grant recipient | $530 |
| AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School (Demirjian High School) | $500 |
| Rose & Alex Pilibos Armenian School | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $400 |
| Individual grant recipient | $350 |
| Ararat Home of Los Angeles | $350 |
| Homenetmen Massis Chapter | $200 |
| Mission San Fernando Rey de Espaa | $200 |
| California Science Center Foundation | $130 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $710 · revenue +7%
- DGDESCANSO GARDENS FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $140 · revenue +3%
- DSDISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES4× · 2022–2025 · $110 · revenue +33%
Funded once
- AAARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF HIGH DESERT4× · 2022–2025 · $3k
- ACARMENIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +29%
- IAI AM MINISTRIESVENTURA MISSIONARY CHURCH2× · 2024–2025 · $100
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.
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.
To present the breadth of california art and design through exhibitions that explore the cultural dynamics and influence that are unique to california.
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…
Conserving nature through science and discovery.
The california museum - home of the california hall of fame - engages, educates and enlightens people about california's rich history, its diversity, and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art, and culture. through…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The hammer museum at ucla believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.
The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.
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…
How this is measured
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 45 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ARMENIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHARLIE KEYAN ARMENIAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ARARAT HOME OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DESCANSO GARDENS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER OF LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds Inclusion Matters by Shanes Inspiration ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN ↗
- Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Armenian Monument Council Inc ↗
- Who funds KIDSPACE A PARTICIPATORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hermosa Beach Historical Society ↗
- Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
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: California Community Foundation · George Ignatius Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Svs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Svs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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