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The people who paid for this

Every programme on this site is free to the children who take part. Donors are the reason it can be.

Why they gave

Ara Mahdessian, co-founder of ServiceTitan.

Ara Mahdessian

Co-founder, ServiceTitan

Ara has supported the Bebras Challenge in Armenia because of what it does for children here, and because he wanted to help make computational thinking reach students across the country.

Love what you’re doing for these kids 🙏

Grateful for all you’re doing for the country and kids we all care deeply about.

2,506,945 AMD

Across both years.

Ashot Tonoyan speaking at the lectern at the 2024 award ceremony.

Ashot Tonoyan

Managing Director, ServiceTitan Armenia

Ashot spoke at the 2024 award ceremony. His message to the room was that opportunities are there to be looked for, and that Bebras is one of them.

He gave 500,000 AMD that same day.

The largest gifts

The handful of donations large enough to decide what each year could contain. Everyone else who gave is named below, without figures.

First year

Ara Mahdessian
970,825 AMD
Ashot Tonoyan
500,000 AMD
Mkrtich Soghomonyan
100,000 AMD

Second year

Ara Mahdessian
1,536,120 AMD
Artin Simonian
192,010 AMD
Lusine Khachatryan
120,000 AMD

Amounts are shown for these gifts only. Every other donor is listed by name alone. The second year's figures are the sum of gifts that arrived monthly.

Your employer may give too

Some of our donors give through Benevity, the platform their employer runs charitable giving through, and the company adds a gift of its own on top. Staff at Adobe and Synopsys already support us this way.

  • Adobe

    Adobe

  • Synopsys

    Synopsys

2,758,691 AMD

Given through Benevity in 2026.

If your employer uses Benevity, you can find RISE there and give through it, and many companies add a gift of their own on top. Write to info@risefoundation.am if you have trouble finding us.

Month after month

These supporters choose to give to RISE every month, and some have continued for a full year. Their steady support lets us plan an entire school year and think beyond the next event.

  • Anania Mikaelyan
  • Ara Mahdessian
  • Armen Nalbandyan
  • Artin Simonian
  • Emma Adamyan
  • Heghine Sargsyan
  • Ishkhan Margaryan
  • Khachik Nazaryan
  • Lusine Khachatryan
  • Mariam Vardanyan
  • Nare Vardanyan
  • Rafayel Baghdasaryan
  • Sona Mamyan
  • Syuzanna Markosyan
  • Zaruhi Margaryan

Monthly gifts have brought 2,353,630 AMD so far, including from donors not named here and from those who give anonymously.

Others give anonymously every month. We are equally grateful for those gifts.

Set up a monthly gift

Monthly gifts are set up through ReArmenia, which handles the payments. The link opens in a new tab.

With thanks to

Everyone who has given to the work, in alphabetical order. Donors chose when they gave whether to be named here or to stay anonymous.

  • ACA Folks
  • Anahit Vardanian
  • Anania Mikaelyan
  • Andranik Avetisyan
  • Ara Mahdessian
  • Aram Shatakhtsyan
  • Arman Zakaryan
  • Armen Khachatryan
  • Armen Mnatsakanyan
  • Armen Nalbandyan
  • Arsen Babayan
  • Arsen Navasardyan
  • Artin Simonian
  • Artur Galstyan
  • Ashot Tonoyan
  • Edgar Isajanyan
  • Emma Adamyan
  • Erik Arzumanyan
  • Gagik Khalatyan
  • Gagik Sukiasyan
  • Garnik Mazhinyan
  • Gevorg Poghosyan
  • Hayk Tepanyan
  • Heghine Sargsyan
  • Hovhannes Karapetyan
  • Hranush Grigoryan
  • Hrayr H.
  • Ishkhan Margaryan
  • Karen Harutyunyan
  • Karen Vardanyan
  • Khachik Nazaryan
  • Levon TerIsahakyan
  • Lusine Begoyan
  • Lusine Khachatryan
  • Lusine Simonyan
  • Manuk Melkonyan
  • Mariam Chtchyan
  • Mariam Vardanyan
  • Mkrtich Soghomonyan
  • Nairi Areg
  • Nare Vardanyan
  • Narek Aslikyan
  • Narek Shakaryan
  • Nataly Yayloyan
  • Nikolay Sargsyan
  • Rafayel Baghdasaryan
  • Serine Dallakyan
  • Sevada Gyurjyan
  • Sevak Antonyan
  • Sevak Ghazaryan
  • Sirak Ghazaryan
  • Sona Mamyan
  • Sparik Hayrapetyan
  • Syuzanna Markosyan
  • Vachik Yeghiazaryan
  • Varduhi Arsenyan
  • Veronika Bogoslovskaya
  • Zaruhi Margaryan

Fourteen donors in the first campaign, and others every month since, gave without being named. We are equally grateful for those gifts.

Make a one-off donation

One-off donations also go through ReArmenia for now. The link opens in a new tab.