How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Kivanc Kirgiz
6701 Sorrel St
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 582-5570
[email protected] - Form and materials
- Application available upon request. Application should include applicant name address age when the scholarship is needed how receiving funds would advance KokFams purposes and description of financial need.
- Deadlines
- Dec 31 of every year
- Restrictions
- Including those planning to study American or Western culture or in the US.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$61,170
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $99,400
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Tax year 2024
$50,250
- Grants listed
- 11
- Assets, end of year
- $8,338
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Tax year 2023
$49,455
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $2,077
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Tax year 2022
$33,505
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $6,833
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Tax year 2020
$20,700
- Grants listed
- 4
- Assets, end of year
- $2,552
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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Individual
Educational scholarship
$24,800 -
Individual
New Year [individual] packages to [individual] victims.
$22,500 -
Duke UniversityDurham, NC
Educational
$10,025 -
Individual
Help to [individual] earthquake survivors distributed by Treasurer Demet Ata.
$1,795 -
Potomac SchoolMcLean, VA
Educational
$1,000 -
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY
Educational
$400 -
Robert CollegeNew York, NY
Educational
$250 -
AppleseedWashington, DC
General contribution
$200 -
Assembly of Turkish American Associations ATAAAlexandria, VA
Cultural educational
$100 -
NPRBaltimore, MD
Programming
$100
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education3 grants $11,425100% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- North Carolina1 grant $10,025
- Virginia2 grants $1,100
- New York2 grants $650
- District of Columbia1 grant $200
- Maryland1 grant $100
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Kivanc KirgizPresident Hours 6Pay $0
- Ozge KirgizTreasurer Hours 4Pay $0
- Demet AtaVice President Hours 10Pay $4,000
The return
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