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Noubar Afeyan
MassachusettsHealthcareGiving Pledge
B
46
Giving Score
~$1.9B
Profile Summary
Noubar Afeyan, born in 1962, is a Massachusetts-based healthcare entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of ~$1.9B RTB. News coverage identifies him as the founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering and a co-founder of Moderna NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records list 321 filings associated with Afeyan, including 293 insider filings, involving Seres Therapeutics, Moderna, Editas Medicine, Denali Therapeutics, and Syros Pharmaceuticals SEC EDGAR. His recent filings include Forms 3 and 4 through May 22, 2026; Form 3 reports an insider's initial ownership, while Form 4 reports subsequent changes in an insider's ownership or transactions SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Afeyan Family Foundation reported $2,261,664 in grants paid, $356,120 in assets, and $2,264,432 in revenue for 2023 ProPublica 990. The Afeyan Foundation For Armenia Inc. reported $3,656,000 in grants paid, $17,681,786 in assets, and $5,037,063 in revenue; together, the two foundations reported $5,917,664 in grants paid and $18,037,906 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal campaign-finance records show 41 contributions totaling $86,618 from June 30, 1995, through May 31, 2026 FEC. The party breakdown was $43,149 to Democratic recipients, $35,669 to recipients with an unknown party designation, and $7,800 to Republican recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients were Armenian American PAC (ARMENPAC), $15,000; Bill Cassidy for US Senate, $6,800; The Markey Committee, $6,799; Markey Victory Fund, $6,799; and Jake Auchincloss for Congress, $6,400 FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
In the News
A validated August 5, 2026, NEWS.am article reported that Afeyan thanked philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb for declining to visit Azerbaijan, in connection with Taleb's stated support for Ruben Vardanyan NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
residenceLexington, Massachusetts
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
$18.0MFoundation Assets
$5.9MGrants Paid
2Foundations
Afeyan Family FoundationWilmington, DE
Corporate foundation (IRS NTEE T21)
Assets: $356KRevenue: $2.3MGrants: $2.3MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerAfeyan Foundation For Armenia IncCambridge, MA
International & foreign affairs (IRS NTEE Q33)
Assets: $17.7MRevenue: $5.0MGrants: $3.7MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerPolitical Contributions
$87KTotal Contributed
41Contributions
1995–2026Date Range
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $86,618.
Top Recipients
ARMENIAN AMERICAN PAC (ARMENPAC)$15K
BILL CASSIDY FOR US SENATE$7K
THE MARKEY COMMITTEE$7K
MARKEY VICTORY FUND$7K
JAKE AUCHINCLOSS FOR CONGRESS$6K
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
321Total Filings
293Insider Filings
792EDGAR Mentions
0001222012Personal CIK
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
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12/15/20254PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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8/2/2024News Coverage
Coverage window: 2026-08-05 · retrieved 8/22/2026
Score Breakdown
B
46
Giving score
The giving score is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Philanthropy65% weight
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
Data coverage35% weight
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.