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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-1850486

Jerair Nishanian Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Vienna, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $71,824 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $71,824

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,068,207

  • Tax year 2024

    $72,010

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,965,693

  • Tax year 2023

    $76,924

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,918,232

  • Tax year 2022

    $77,689

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,829,139

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,457

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,751,076

  • Tax year 2020

    $73,043

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,682,457

  • Tax year 2019

    $82,360

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,619,086

  • Tax year 2018

    $90,244

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,324,162

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Fund for Armenian Relief IncNew York, NY

    Grantees CharitableScholarship Activities

    $56,824
  2. St Mary's Armenian ChurchWashington, DC

    Armenian Church Religious Purposes

    $5,000
  3. Soorp Katch Armenian ChurchBethesda, MD

    Armenian Church Religious Purposes

    $5,000
  4. Diocese Armenian ChurchNew York, NY

    Armenian Church Religious Purposes

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid1 grant $56,824100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $61,824
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $5,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Anahid A NishanianDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Tagvor G NishanianPresident/Treasurer/Director Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alineh Z TemplinVice President/Secretary/Director Hours 0Pay $0
  • Viken AykazianDirector Hours 0.25Pay $2,000
  • Zaven KalayjianDirector Hours 0.25Pay $2,000
  • V Rick NishanianDirector Hours 0Pay $0
  • Anahid Kalayjian Deceased 01232026Director Hours 0.25Pay $2,000

The return

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