Funding search · EIN 223619205 · Ridgefield Park, NJ

The Sarkis and Ruth Bedevian

Name: The Sarkis and Ruth Bedevian grants, 2022–2025
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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.

36
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Grant history

All 36 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Friends of Holy Etchimad · Ridgefield Park, NJ · 2023
Religious
$350,000
Friends of Holy Etchimad · River Edge, NJ · 2022
Religious
$250,500
St Vatican Cathedral · New York, NY · 2025
Religious educational
$250,000
American University of Armenia · 2022
Educational
$50,000
American University of Armenia · Glendale, CA · 2025
Educational
$42,000
Friends of Holy Etchmiadzin · Ridgefield Park, NJ · 2025
Religious educational
$25,000
St Nersess Armenian Seminary · Armonk, NY · 2024
Religious educational
$25,000
Armenian Church Endowment Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Religious educational
$16,500
St Leon Armenian Apostolic Church · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2022
Religious educational
$13,000
St Nersess Armenian Seminary · Armonk, NY · 2025
Religious educational
$10,500
St George Armenian Church · Hartford, CT · 2022
Religious
$8,000
St Nersess Armenian Seminary · Armonk, NY · 2023
Religious educational
$5,000
St Gregory Armenian Church · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Religious educational
$5,000
Mer Hooys House of Hope · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Educational mentorship
$4,500
Armenian Assembly of America · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$2,500
Armenian Eye Care Project · San Dimas, CA · 2022
Medical educational
$2,500
Diocese of the Armenian Church · New York, NY · 2022
Religious
$2,000
Armenian Assembly of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$2,000
Armenian Assembly of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Armenian Church Endowment Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Religious educational
$1,000
Armenian Eyecare Project · San Dimas, CA · 2025
Educational
$1,000
St George Armenian Church · Hartford, CT · 2025
Religous educational
$1,000
Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian Camp · Dunlap, CA · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Bounty & Soul · Black Mountain, NC · 2023
Educational
$1,000
Bergen Community College · Paramus, NJ · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Bounty & Soul · Black Mountain, NC · 2022
Educational
$1,000
Center for Food Action · Englewood, NJ · 2022
Provide food for families
$1,000
Knights of Varton Charitable Fund · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
Housing relief
$1,000
Project Save · Watertown, MA · 2022
Educational
$750
St Leon Armenian Apostolic Church · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2023
Religious educational
$500
St Leon Armenian Apostolic Church · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2024
Religious educational
$500
American University of Armenia · 2023
Educational
$500
Women'S Guild of St Leon Armenian Apostolic Church · Fair Lawn, NJ · 2022
Religious
$400
St Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church of Pasadena · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Religious
$300
Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstwon, MD · 2022
Medical research
$100
St Peter Armenian Church · Van Nuys, CA · 2022
Religious educational

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