Christopher W Kurkjian Charitable
Ballston Lake, NY · EIN 86-1184573. Reported 59 grants totalling $253,500 to 37 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Christopher W Kurkjian Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian General Benevalent Union | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Capital City Rescue Mission | Albany, NY | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Gender and Refugee Studies - UC Hastings Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Empowering Youth Exploring Justice | Cleveland, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Facing History and Ourselves | Boston, MA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Alchemy | San Francisco, CA | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Camfed USA | San Francisco, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospital De La Familia Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Chicago, IL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Association for Women in Science | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mercy Ships International | Garden Valley, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unbound | Kansas City, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United World Mission | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Americares | Stamford, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Saratoga County | Ballston Spa, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cure Alzheimers Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Chefs | Portsmouth, VA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Onegoal | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude's Children Hospital | Memphis, TN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washington Health Foundation | Fremont, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Girls Collaborative | Seattle, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Bethlehem United Methodist Church | South Bethlehem, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Things of My Very Own | Schenectady, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tri-City Volunteers Inc Food Bank | Fremont, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wmht | Troy, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pursuit Transformation Company | Long Island City, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| SOLES4SOULS | Old Hickory, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
17 of 37 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 76%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Armenian General Benevalent Union
TO ASSIST IN PROMOTING ARMENIAN HERITAGE THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. - Capital City Rescue Mission
TO HELP HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN ALBANY. - Doctors Without Borders
TO HELP FUND THE ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS ACROSS COUNTRIES. - Oxfam America
TO OFFER SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE, GENDER EQUALITY, AND CLIMATE ACTION. - Camfed USA
TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS AND EMPOWER YOUNG WOMEN TO BECOME LEADERS OF CHANGE. - Center for Gender and Refugee Studies - UC Hastings Foundation
TO HELP REFUGEES SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | $33,500 | $3,250 |
| 2023 | 21 | $100,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $120,000 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 33% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Christopher W Kurkjian Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1387, Ballston Lake, NY, 12019. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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