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US nonprofit · EIN 954425150 · Sherman Oaks, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 954425150) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Armenian Center for National and International Studies

Donations deductible
Revenue
$269k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$68k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$502k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$502k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
5.4 years on average
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
4
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Armenian Center for National and International Studies' network

4 people1 organisationi4 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Armen Hovannisian ESQTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Garin HovannisianPresident & CEO2024
2 yrs
Raffi SarrafianDirector2018
8 yrs
Vahe MesserlianDirector2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Garin HovannisianPresident & CEO5$0
Vahe MesserlianDirector1$0
Raffi SarrafianDirector1$0
Armen Hovannisian ESQTreasurer5$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Armenian Center for National and International Studies
EIN
954425150
Address
15456 Valley Vista Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403-3812
State
California
Mission
To provide an educational resource and research base for students, teachers, and policymakers on a comprehensive agenda of foreign and domestic issues mainly on achieving peace, stability and cooperation in the region and building democratic institutions and civil society in armenia. This is accomplished through robust conference and seminar series and curriculum, the publication of books... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q400 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
5 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1993
IRS ruling date
1 August 1993
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsArmen Hovannisian ESQ
≥8years on the filingsRaffi Sarrafian
≥2years on the filingsGarin Hovannisian
≥2years on the filingsVahe Messerlian

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$502k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$502k
Contributions and grants received
$268k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$269k$68k$202k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.