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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,329,973
Total expenses
$4,811,476
Contributions and grants received
$15,329,973
Grants paid
$2,503,800
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,750,513
Total liabilities, end of year
$726,022
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,024,491
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,204,136
Management and general expenses
$416,721
Fundraising expenses
$190,619
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,204,136

Program services were 87.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $15,329,973

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $355,000 · program services $355,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $28,800 · program services $28,800

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,120,000 · program services $2,120,000

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $305,961 · program services $13,377 · management and general $292,584

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $244,755 · program services $244,755

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,723 · program services $15,723

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,776 · management and general $18,776

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,606 · management and general $45,606

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $190,619 · fundraising $190,619

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $853,226 · program services $853,226 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,524 · program services $3,524

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,036 · management and general $18,036

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $27,144 · program services $14,692 · management and general $12,452

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,056 · management and general $3,056

  • 17 · Travel

    total $60,709 · program services $34,498 · management and general $26,211

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $130,887 · program services $130,887

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,479 · program services $17,479

  • 24a · Other expenses: Aurora Prize Event

    total $316,792 · program services $316,792

  • 24b · Other expenses: Aurora Dialogues Program

    total $55,383 · program services $55,383

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $718,505 · end of year $698,514

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,533,094 · end of year $15,649,497

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,304 · end of year $367,953

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,872 · end of year $34,549

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $246,363 · end of year $196,022

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $275,000 · end of year $530,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $210,318 · end of year $124,995

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,533,094 · end of year $15,899,496

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To support people and promote global projects tackling the needs of the most helpless and destitute Aurora is rooted in the events of the Armenian Genocide one hundred years ago and the enhancement of its position in the world's memory. We will uncover and tell stories of survival and humanity that transpired during the Genocide. In addition, the goal of the Organization is to generate global and local conversations about gratitude; about survivors and saviors from any time and from any place around the world; and about "on the ground" humanitarian projects that make a lasting difference.

  • The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is a foundation that seeks to address on-the-ground humanitarian challenges around the world with the focus on helping the most destitute. Its mission is rooted in the Armenian history as the Initiative was founded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, and strives to transform this experience into a global movement. See Schedule F for more details.

    Expenses $4,204,136 · Grants $2,503,800

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Arman Jilavyan

    CEO (THRU 09/24)/VICE CHAIR (AS OF 09/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Noubar Afeyan

    Board Chair/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alice Greenwald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anna Afeyan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anthony Barsamian

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Esrailan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Kline

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lord Ara Darzi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Raffi Gregorian

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Armine Afeyan

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 09/24)

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

  • Larry Christofori

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (AS OF 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $114,423
    From this org
    $114,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Peter J Hall CPA

    Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer (THRU 04/24)

    Total calculated
    $11,538
    From this org
    $11,538
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Sallie Lynch

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202533189349315608

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