Edward & Helen Mardigian Foundation

• The foundation accepts applications from charitable, educational, religious, scientific and public-welfare organisations located within the United States, so an organisation outside that scope, or not one of those kinds of body, should not apply.
• Your work fits best if it sits in education, religion, science or public welfare.
• A request near the median grant of $10,000 is realistic, since half of its grants were $10,000 or less, though its typical band runs from $2,000 to $100,000 and its largest grant was about $2,000,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• Approach it with a written letter giving background information and the intended purpose; the filing gives no deadlines for applications.
• The foundation leans heavily towards organisations it has funded before, as 99% of its grant dollars went to repeat recipients, so a first approach should be carefully targeted.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Fund for Armenian Relief · Support of daily operations
  $2,010,0002025 tax year
• Mayo Clinic · General donation
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Eastern Diocese Of The Armenian Eas · General donation
  $100,0002025 tax year
• Armenian General Benevolent · General donation
  $65,0002025 tax year
• Armenian Apostolic Society · General donation
  $38,0002025 tax year
• Gift of Life Transplant House · General donation
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Saint Nersess Armenian Seminary · General donation
  $25,0002025 tax year
• Michigan Animal Rescue League · General donation
  $25,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.