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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARMENIAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$38,112,370
Total expenses
$28,253,731
Contributions and grants received
$26,704,621
Grants paid
$13,738,014
Program service revenue
$1,041,737
Investment income
$10,261,603
Other revenue
$104,409
Total assets, end of year
$310,428,110
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,223,603
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$305,204,507
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$23,434,585
Management and general expenses
$3,371,532
Fundraising expenses
$1,447,614
Program service expenses (Part III)
$23,434,585

Program services were 82.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $9,340

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $26,695,281

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $351,715

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $1,041,737 · related or exempt $1,041,737

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,840,265 · excluded $6,840,265

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,323 · excluded $3,323

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $58,265

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $58,265

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $58,265 · excluded $58,265

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $219,933,580

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $216,512,242

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,421,338

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,421,338 · excluded $3,421,338

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $42,821

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $42,821 · excluded $42,821

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,434,087 · program services $1,434,087

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $693,151 · program services $693,151

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $11,610,776 · program services $11,610,776

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $300,501 · management and general $300,501

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,229,349 · program services $2,881,276 · management and general $601,268 · fundraising $746,805

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $217,884 · program services $132,681 · management and general $46,606 · fundraising $38,597

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $707,842 · program services $454,959 · management and general $138,327 · fundraising $114,556

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $378,541 · program services $245,998 · management and general $72,501 · fundraising $60,042

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,103 · program services $9,515 · management and general $33,588

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $166,567 · management and general $166,567

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $852,628 · management and general $852,628

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,761,415 · program services $1,484,831 · management and general $252,300 · fundraising $24,284

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $168,894 · program services $29,263 · management and general $131,343 · fundraising $8,288

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $847,495 · program services $737,618 · management and general $71,253 · fundraising $38,624

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $273,974 · program services $139,790 · management and general $87,632 · fundraising $46,552

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $687,141 · program services $544,549 · management and general $90,712 · fundraising $51,880

  • 17 · Travel

    total $258,542 · program services $171,762 · management and general $86,130 · fundraising $650

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,088,297 · program services $725,253 · management and general $73,374 · fundraising $289,670

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,632,476 · program services $1,463,502 · management and general $144,600 · fundraising $24,374

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $399,986 · program services $276,963 · management and general $123,023

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $253,546 · program services $233,009 · management and general $19,068 · fundraising $1,469

  • 24b · Other expenses: SERVERANCE AND LIFE EST

    total $116,167 · program services $65,046 · management and general $51,121

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUE AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $81,333 · program services $57,867 · management and general $21,643 · fundraising $1,823

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

    total $17,680 · program services $17,680

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,356 · program services $25,009 · management and general $7,347

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,465,485 · end of year $2,656,634

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,619,556 · end of year $5,334,468

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,896,747 · end of year $2,361,485

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $611,624 · end of year $582,942

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $60,827 · end of year $85,683

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $70,864,442

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $37,399,504

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $34,778,064 · end of year $33,464,938

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $210,364,776 · end of year $241,278,608

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $26,560,346 · end of year $24,663,352

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,313,670 · end of year $4,430,558

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $840,071 · end of year $793,045

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$9,252,771 · end of year -$5,546,201

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $289,456,455 · end of year $310,750,708

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ENSURING THE PROSPERITY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL ARMENIANS.

  • EDUCATIONAL - A LIFETIME OF GROWTH AND DISCOVERY - AGBU TAKES A 360 APPROACH TO EDUCATION, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING PLATFORMS AND PROGRAMS. WE PARTNER WITH REPUTABLE WORLD CLASS LEARNING INSTITUTIONS TO ELEVATE AND EXPAND THE REACH OF ARMENIAN STUDIES. IN ADDITION, WE STRIVE TO EXPOSE THE WORLD TO THE UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF THE ARMENIAN NATION AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CIVILIZED WORLD SINCE ANCIENT TIMES. BY EMBRACING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, AGBU IS A GATEWAY TO RICH EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR LEARNERS AT EACH STAGE OF LIFE.

    Expenses $8,381,983 · Grants $5,783,839 · Revenue $289,208

  • CULTURAL-ENRICHING THE MULTIFACETED ARMENIAN EXPERIENCE ARMENIAN CULTURE THRIVES ACROSS THE WORLD AS A KEY MARKER OF OUR UNIQUE NATIONAL IDENTITY. MUSIC AND THE ARTS, LITERATURE AND ARCHITECTURE, AS WELL AS ANCIENT, FOLK AND RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS HELP DRIVE THE AGBU MISSION TO UPLIFT ARMENIAN LIVES THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION. OVER THE DECADES, AGBU HAS LAUNCHED AN ARRAY OF CULTURAL INITIATIVES THAT CONNECT ARMENIANS IN EVERY GENERATION ACROSS THE WORLD. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE RISING TALENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR POTENTIALS, AND WE PARTNER WITH WORLD-CLASS INSTITUTIONS TO SHARE OUR GIFTS WITH GLOBAL AUDIENCES.

    Expenses $11,189,019 · Grants $4,353,436 · Revenue $752,529

  • SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE HOMELAND IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA, THE STAKES FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROGRESS ARE FOREMOST TO ENSURE A LIVING MANIFESTATION OF OUR COLLECTIVE IDENTITY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF A LAND THAT IS AT ONCE A SOVEREIGN NATION STATE AND AN ANCESTRAL HOMELAND. AGBU WORKS TO STRENGTHEN THE COUNTRY BY PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURES AND RESOURCES TO CARVE A PATH TO UPWARD MOBILITY. THESE NATION-BUILDING STRATEGIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO FUELING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH CRITICAL TO LONG-TERM NATIONAL VIABILITY. WITH OUR SAFETY NETS FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, OUR STEPPING STONES FOR JOB SEEKERS AND AMBITIOUS ENTREPRENEURS, AND OUR BRIDGES THAT CONNECT KEY INDUSTRIES TO WORLD MARKETS, AGBU'S COMMITMENT TO HELPING ARMENIA IS REFLECTED IN WELL-DESIGNED STRATEGIC PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS AIMED AT STEADY ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.

    Expenses $1,259,745 · Grants $1,259,745

  • HUMANITARIAN RELIEF - SERVING HUMANITY WITH CARE AND COMPASSION - SINCE OUR FOUNDING, AGBU HAS BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES OF EMERGENCY RELIEF. OUR VAST INTERNATIONAL NETWORK HAS PROVEN US A TRUSTWORTHY AND EFFICIENT LOCAL RESOURCE ON THE GROUND, WHEREVER DANGER AND PERIL ERUPTS. EVEN BEFORE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, IN TIMES OF FAMINE AND REGIONAL UNREST, OUR LEADERS AND MEMBERS MOBILIZED ACROSS BORDERS TO DELIVER SUSTENANCE AND AID TO THOSE IN NEED. IN THE DECADES TO FOLLOW, ARMENIANS FACING HARDSHIPS COULD COUNT ON OUR SPEEDY RESPONSE AND LONG-TERM ASSISTANCE AS A LIFELINE AND BRIDGE TO RECOVERY. GIVEN THE ARMENIAN PEOPLE'S OWN HISTORY OF OVERCOMING UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDIES AND LOSSES, WE ARE HIGHLY ATTUNED TO HUMAN SUFFERING. THIS INSPIRES US TO GIVE BACK, NOT ONLY TO OUR OWN COMMUNITIES BUT ALSO NON-ARMENIANS IN DEEP CRISIS AND DISTRESS. WITH SO MUCH UNREST AND UNCERTAINTY IN TODAY'S WORLD, AGBU CONTINUES TO ASSIST THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST THROUGH PANDEMIC, CIVIL UNREST, WAR AND NATURAL DISASTERS.EXPENSES $ 1,408,840. INCLUDING GRANTS OF $ 1,132,344. REVENUE $ 0.

    Expenses $2,603,838 · Grants $2,340,994

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Gitlen

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $300,502
    From this org
    $259,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,117
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,385
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,317
    Filer's total
    $300,502
  • Natalie Gabrielian

    DIRECTOR OF CHAPTERS & CENTRAL BOARD ADMINISTRATIO

    Total calculated
    $184,150
    From this org
    $164,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,993
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,157
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,893
    Filer's total
    $184,150
  • Karen Aline Papazian

    DIRECTOR- OUTREACH & DEVEL

    Total calculated
    $180,532
    From this org
    $162,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,160
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,372
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,210
    Filer's total
    $180,532
  • Naheed Elyasi

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $167,712
    From this org
    $150,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,599
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,613
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,999
    Filer's total
    $167,712
  • Kathryn V Manuelian

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $166,121
    From this org
    $157,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,154
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,467
    Bonus
    $12,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,504
    Filer's total
    $166,121
  • Gohar Stombolyan

    DIRECTOR WEST REGION

    Total calculated
    $159,536
    From this org
    $133,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,934
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,602
    Bonus
    $7,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,035
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,899
    Filer's total
    $159,536
  • Berge Setrakian

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related
  • Joseph Oughourlian

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Nazareth Festekjian

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related
  • Yervant Demirjian

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Sarkis Jebejian

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Arda Nazerian Haratunian

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related
  • Ani Manoukian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30 + 1 related
  • Ari Libarikian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Arnaud Attamian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Camilio Azzouz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Eric Esrailian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Haig Ariyan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Lena Sarkissian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Levon Nazarian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Lori Muncherian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Nadia Gortzunian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Vahe Gabrache

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Vartkes Knadjian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Vasken Yacoubian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30 + 1 related
  • Yeghiche Manoukian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • Yervant Zorian

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
BONUS WERE NON-FIXED DISCRETIONARY; ACCRUED AS OF 12/31/2023; PAID IN 2024

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • AGBU MANOOGIAN-DEMIRDJIAN SCHOOL

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATIONAL · CA

  • AGBU ARMEN ONTARIO

    HUMANITARIAN, CULTURAL · CA

  • AGBU ECOLE ARMEN QUEBEC DE L'UGAB

    EDUCATIONAL · CA

  • AGBU COLEGIO Y LICEO NUBARIAN- ALEX MANOOGIAN SCHOOL

    EDUCATIONAL · UY

  • AGBU CORDOBA CHAPTER

    CULTURAL · AR

  • AGBU DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF LEBANON

    EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL & HUMANITARIAN · LE

  • UNION GENERALE ARMENIENNE DE BIENFAISANCE DE MONTREAL INC(CANADA)

    CULTURAL · CA

  • AGBU VIENNA CHAPTER

    CULTURAL · AU

  • AGBU PAREKORDZAGAN PLOVDIV

    CULTURAL · BU

  • AGBU PAREKORDZAGAN SOFIA

    CULTURAL · BU

  • AGBU IRAQ

    HUMANITARIAN · IZ

  • AGBU NICOSIA CHAPTER

    CULTURAL · CY

  • UNION GENERAL ARMENIA DE BENEFICENCIA (ARGENTINA)

    EDUCATIONAL · AR

  • UNION GENERALE ARMENIENNE DE BIENFAISANCE (FRANCE)

    EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL & HUMANITARIAN · FR

  • AGBU VIRTUAL COLLEGE

    EDUCATIONAL · AM

  • AGBU MELBOURNE

    EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL & HUMANITARIAN · AS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423209349315662

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