· Private foundation
5Rivers Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k67 grants · $180k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM | $75,000 |
| DASVANDH NETWORK | $50,000 |
| U C SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| G Singh | $10,000 |
| SIKH RESEARCH INSTITUTE SRI | $10,000 |
| SIKH DHARMA OF PHOENIX | $6,000 |
| J Singh | $5,488 |
| M Singh | $5,000 |
| KHALSA GURMAT CENTER | $5,000 |
| K Singh | $5,000 |
| K Vuggirla | $5,000 |
| A Nolastname | $5,000 |
| SIKH DHARMA INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
| J Singh | $5,000 |
| S Kaur | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $444k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DNDASVANDH NETWORK6× · 2019–2024 · $444k · revenue ×13 · 61% of their budget
- SRSikh Research Institute7× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +166%
- PAPHOENIX ART MUSEUM3× · 2019–2023 · $60k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- GIGLOBAL INDIA FUND INCone grant, 2021 · $70k · revenue 0%
- IMIK MANZILone grant, 2017 · $60k · revenue -95%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $12k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Sikh Information Centre is based on Sikhi which stresses unity truth and creativity of a personal spiritual enlightenment The organization strives to develop evaluate and disseminate articles programs and social events at a local…
Khalsa foundation california seeks to empower and advocate for the sikh and punjabi communities in the united states, fostering a sense of belonging and promoting holistic well-being through the sikh way of being. we strive to build a…
ARTRONIKA is a collective of Los Angeles based artists that produce immersive arts programming showcasing an array of South Asian talent and culture. Through innovative and inclusive events, we reimagine traditional music, art, and…
The sikh coalition is a community based organization that works towards the realization of civil and human rights for all people. in particular, we work towards a world where sikhs may freely practice and enjoy their faith while fostering…
To promote the sikh religion.
Restoration and preservation of abandonded sikh historical site
Guru gobind singh foundation (ggsf) is a gurdwara that is a spiritual center an institution with a vision to create worldwide awareness regarding sikhs and sikhism. ggsfs mission has been to enhance the image of sikhs thru every possible…
To practice, promote and preach the principles of guru nanak dev ji's message of universal brotherhood as taught by the ten sikh gurus and sri guru granth sahib. the gurudwara sahib was formed to cater to the religious, social and cultural…
Sikh media and educational resources, education and promotion of sikh culture
Grant of scholarships
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 220 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds DASVANDH NETWORK ↗
- Who funds Sikh Research Institute ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL INDIA FUND INC ↗
- Who funds IK MANZIL ↗
- Who funds PHOENIX ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds UC SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Nanak Prachar Sabha Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CYBER SIKH ORGANIZATION A NON-PROFIT CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BENEFIT ↗
- Who funds LUDHIANA CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE BOARD USA INC ↗
- Who funds Panjab Digital Library USA ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gurmehar Foundation · Beyond Borders Foundation Inc · Bhai Jaita Foundation Inc · S Kirpal Singh Family Foundation Tr · Dasvandh Network · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization 5Rivers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 5Rivers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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