Afeyan Foundation

• Afeyan Foundation funds humanitarian action, science and technology, education, and arts and culture, and its stated geographic focus is around the world, Armenia and the greater Boston area.
• It does not accept unsolicited requests, so a small charity without an invitation should not send it a request; the route in is through an invitation.
• Most of its grants to organisations fall between $4,000 and $250,000, and half of its 75 grants were $25,000 or less, so a modest request in that range fits its usual pattern.
• Its largest grant was about $1,050,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• In its latest filing, 27% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its two earlier filings, which is a share of dollars rather than of grants, so repeat support is part of how it works.

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

• Friends of FAST · General & Unrestricted
  $667,0002024 tax year
• Friends of McGill University · MOA for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Implementation Research Program
  $400,0002024 tax year
• Armenian General Benevolent Union · the displaced people of Artsakh in Armenia
  $250,0002024 tax year
• American University of Armenia Corporation · To promote interdisciplinary collaboration and research excellence at AUA through new-hire research supplements; short-term collaboration funds; seed grants for existing AUA faculty; building capacity for establishing a PhD program; student-incentive awards; and private sector internships
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MISTI Armenia Fund within the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Program
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Armenian American Medical Association · for HENAR the Mobile Primary Care Unit in Kapan and the Rural Family Medicine Fellowship Program; for AAMA the Overview Hypertension Management Program in Rural Armenia, Establishing the Children's Rehabilitation Centre at the Meghri hospital, Introducing newborn hearing screenings at Meghri maternity, and Introducing Long-Term Cardiac Monitoring for Ischemic Stroke Patients
  $155,0402024 tax year
• Armand Hammer United World College Of The American · Two 2-year scholarship funds for eligible enrolled Artsakhi students at UWC Dilijan
  $140,0002024 tax year
• Beacon Academy · General & Unrestricted
  $115,0002024 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.