North Carolina · Nonprofit
AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION
AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,000 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($63,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $349k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $69k
- Net assets
- $9.9M
What Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation does
Mission
The foundation is devoted to education in its broadest sense. It promotes understanding of to facilitate educational exchange between turkiye and the usa through lectures, films, social gatherings and exhibits conducted at the building
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation rented their great hall to various turkish groups/ organizations for meetings; the center provided various educational and social services; these events increased an understanding of turkiye; cooking classess were held to teach how to prepare delicious and populer turkish and mediterranean dishes; cultural events were offered during the year to learn about the many facets of turkish history and culture which include live entertainment, art shows, movies and various other classes various other classes.
$28,235 spent$98,516 earned by the program100% of program spendingThe foundation supported the international childrens day festival that is held annually in cary, nc. The festival is organized and run by the association of turkish-americans - north carolina. This is part of the foundations program to foster understanding and appreciation of turkish culture by other nationalities in the area.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,235.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $7.9M to $9.8M (+25%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
40% of AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Ismail Arslan
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $9k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 59% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
91% of AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
8% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION?
- AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,000 to it, the largest being TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($63,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $69,000 in grants to AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION?
- TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $63,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AZIZ AND GWEN SANCAR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing