Funding search · EIN 851575098 · Worcester, MA

Richard Melik Simonian Charitable Trust

Name: Richard Melik Simonian Charitable Trust grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

77
grants reported: $559,600
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship educational education higher academic ambassador documents guergerian

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “anya” · $14,000

$4,000
Anya Keomurjian · Waltham, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$4,000
Anya Keomurjian · Waltham, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$6,000
Anya Keomurjian · Waltham, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Armenian Museum of America4 grants · $157,000
Lena Karaguesian3 grants · $23,000
Clark University - Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies2 grants · $20,100
Eliza Vardanyan2 grants · $20,000
Diana Hayrapetyan3 grants · $20,000
Arsen Melkumyan3 grants · $18,000
Shant Cimenian2 grants · $18,000
Hasmik Grigoryan3 grants · $17,500
Emmelia Habib2 grants · $16,000
Lori Sahakian2 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$100,000

2021

$147,000

2022

$163,500

2023

$149,100

2024

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Armenian Museum of America · Watertown, MA · 2024
Educational
$47,000
Armenian Museum of America · Watertown, MA · 2021
Oral history project & visiting scholar
$40,000
Armenian Museum of America · Watertown, MA · 2023
Educational
$20,000
Armenian Museum of America · Watertown, MA · 2022
Student ambassador programs
$15,000
Clark University - Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational
$15,000
Ana Zoubian · Watertown, MA · 2021
Scholarship
$12,500
Clark University Strassler Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies · Worcester, MA · 2022
Academic research on the guergerian documents
$12,000
Charles Balyozian · Arlington, MA · 2021
Scholarship
$12,000
Shant Cimenian · Waltham, MA · 2021
Scholarship
$10,000
Eliza Vardanyan · Medford, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$10,000
Eliza Vardanyan · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$8,000
Gayane Badalyan · Watertown, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$8,000
Emmelia Habib · Southborough, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$8,000
Lena Karaguesian · Watertown, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$8,000
Lori Sahakian · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$8,000
Arsen Melkumyan · Nashua, NH · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$8,000
Emmelia Habib · Southboro, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$8,000
Lena Karaguesian · Watertown, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$8,000
Lori Sahakian · Worcester, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$8,000
Atineh Movsesian · Glendale, CA · 2021
Scholarship
$7,000
Ani Nanor Manjikian · Watertown, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$7,000
Diana Hayrapetyan · Worcester, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$7,000
Hasmik Grigoryan · Worcester, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$7,000
Lena Karaguesian · Watertown, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$7,000
Ani Nanor Manjikian · Watertown, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$6,500
Diana Hayrapetyan · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$6,500
Hasmik Grigoryan · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$6,500
Diana Hayrapetyan · Worcester, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$6,000
Emmelia Taquohie Habib · Southborough, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$6,000
Julia Habib · Southborough, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$6,000
Nikolas Kojoian · North Attleboro, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$6,000
Alexandre Hananian · Belmont, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$6,000
Anya Keomurjian · Waltham, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$6,000
Elina Tavarez · Millis, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$6,000
Madalene Tavarez · Millis, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$6,000
Nikolas Kojoian · North Attleboro, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$6,000
Shant Cimenian · Waltham, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$5,100
Clark University - Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies · Worcester, MA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Arsen Melkumyan · Nashua, NH · 2024
Educational scholarship
$5,000
Lenna Merian · Brockton, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$5,000
Tigran Mardanyan · Newtonville, MA · 2024
Educational scholarships
$5,000
Vardui Izabell Tenekedzyhan · Watertown, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$5,000
Anthony Migridichian · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$5,000
Arsen Melkumyan · Nashua, NH · 2023
Educational scholarship
$5,000
Eric Migridchian · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$5,000
Anthony Migridichian · Worcester, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$5,000
Eric Migridichian · Worcester, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$5,000
Mateo Dicicco · Worcester, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$4,000
Anya Keomurjian · Waltham, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$4,000
Mateo Dicicco · Worcester, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$4,000
Anya Keomurjian · Waltham, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$4,000
Nicole Topanian · Woburn, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$4,000
Vardui Izabell Tenekedzyhan · Watertown, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$4,000
David Donoian · Millis, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$4,000
Hasmik Grigoryan · Worcester, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$3,500
Nikolas Kojoian · North Attleboro, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$3,000
Madalene Tavarez · Millis, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$3,000
Alina Donoian · Millis, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$3,000
David Donoian · Millis, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$3,000
Madalene Tavarez · Millis, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$3,000
Mateo Dicicco · Worcester, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Alexandre Hananian · Belmont, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Anthony Demarco · Belmont, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Isabella Demarco · Belmont, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Alexandre Hananian · Belmont, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Anthony Demarco · Belmont, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Isabella Demarco · Belmont, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$2,500
Ani Chaglasian · Waltham, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$2,500
Christina Chaglasian · Waltham, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$2,500
Berj Chekijian · Belmont, MA · 2021
Scholarship
$2,500
Brian Sarkisian · Auburn, MA · 2021
Scholarship
$2,000
Alina Donoian · Millis, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$2,000
Cameron Desmond · Arlington, MA · 2024
Educational scholarship
$2,000
Charles Balyozian · Arlington, MA · 2022
Scholarship for higher education
$1,000
Ani Meghri Shaglasian · Waltham, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$1,000
Christina Chaglasian · Waltham, MA · 2023
Educational scholarship
$1,000
Aleena Surenian · Arlington Heights, IL · 2021
Scholarship

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.