California · Nonprofit
Hovsepian Ministries Inc
Hovsepian Ministries Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,109 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($87,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $319k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $257k
What Hovsepian Ministries Inc does
Mission
Hovsepian Ministries was formed to share the good news of the Gospel and a message of hope with the Farsi-speaking world through satellite, online resources and events.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Geranbaha - (meaning Precious) is a platform that touches tens of thousands of Iranian lives on a daily basis through its website, social media channels and live programs. It provides access to teaching, worship resources, daily devotionals, discipleship, articles, audio sermons and more all available in video, audio, and text formats. The Iranian peoples response to the widespread distribution of all of this fresh Christian content has been overwhelmingly positive, and it continues to lead to one-on-one communications with viewers through secure messaging or calling on some of the media apps (such as Telegram) that host Geranbaha.Geranbahas audience is quickly turning into a virtual church, where members are benefiting not only from spiritual resources, but fellowship as well. Since its launch, Geranbahas media content and trained follow-up team have led hundreds of people to to Christ and helped thousands more to grow in their faith. Our communication channels are overwhelmingly busy, receiving an average of 2,700 content downloads per day making Geranbaha one of the largest, most up-to-date and most engaging internet and on-air platforms for Farsi Christian resources. In…
$209,917 spent76% of program spendingPersecution Series - The Isolated Believers project is a video series based on the shared struggles of Christians living in the nation of Iran. Each episode focuses on a unique facet of living under persecution, and the impact it has on the individual, their relationships and daily lives. The goal of the project is to encourage believers who feel isolated, and to show them they are not alone - the Lord is with them in their struggle and there are many others who labor alongside them and understand what they are going through. Each episode addresses a challenge, offers practical solutions and serves as a catalyst for deeper conversation through creative storytelling.
$65,422 spent24% of program spendingHouse of Worship - The program includes a group of young musicians and singers gathered together in a cozy setting, playing and singing worship songs, while a small audience worships with the band in the background. The overall mood of the program is deep spiritual worship. During the worship, there is a time for poem reading, as well as a short devotional message related to worship and exhausting the Lord, which are recorded separately and inserted between the songs.
$1,613 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $276,952.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $333k to $260k (−22%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 0% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of Hovsepian Ministries Inc’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. 2 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $60k → $55k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 Hovsepian Ministries Inc’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
Hovsepian Ministries Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
63% 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 Hovsepian Ministries Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
63% of Hovsepian Ministries Inc'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 $70k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
Hovsepian Ministries Inc receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $187k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Hovsepian Ministries Inc
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hovsepian Ministries Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Hovsepian Ministries Inc?
- Hovsepian Ministries Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,109 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($87,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Hovsepian Ministries Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $187,109 in grants to Hovsepian Ministries Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hovsepian Ministries Inc?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $87,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hovsepian Ministries Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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