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Akila and S Somasegar Family Foundation at a glance

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Akila and S Somasegar Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$132k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$289kInternational$161kHealth$55kEducation$50kEmployment$22kArts & Culture$6kFood & Nutrition$5kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $67k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$545k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH COUNTY$50,000
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION$35,253
NON-TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN$22,200
Individual grant recipient$10,000
KEY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$8,000
ASSOCIATION FOR INDIAS DEVELOPMENT INC$5,000
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LIFEWIRE: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFE SPRING: $27k → 9%bellevue life spring: $13k → 9%bellevue life spring: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFESPRING: $10k → 9%BELLEVUE LIFE SPRING: $3k → 9%THE SOPHIA WAY: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$397k · 8 repeat orgs$234k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$397k
$139k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+15%

Still filing today

75%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OS
    OVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $73k · revenue +160%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +46%
  • FH
    FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
    2× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • YS
    YWCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -77%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
2
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
3
The American India Foundation

The american india foundation(aif) is a nonprofit american development organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in india.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
9
Center for Global Development

Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. we focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions…

Human Services
10
Iisc Foundation

The specific purpose, mission, and activity of the corporation is to secure funding for promoting education, research, technology development, startup incubation, acceleration, and translational research at the indian institute of science…

Education
11
Inatai Foundation

Inatai foundation serves leaders and organizations building power in diverse communities across washington state.

Health
12
The Leadership Foundation

The leadership foundation, inc. (the foundation), established in 1990, is the mechanism by which iwf members advance the next generation of women leaders. the foundation accelerates the careers of top-performing women by offering…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Washington Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Nontraditional Employment for Women. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA SEATTLE KING COUNTY: $85,182 · OtherYMCA SEATTLE KING COUNTYYMCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $50,000 · OtherYMCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH COUNTYYWCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $50,000 · OtherYWCA SEATTLE KING SNOHOMISH COUNTYIndividual grant recipient: $30,433 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $30,000 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERYWCA SEATTLE KING COUNTY: $10,084 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $27,150 · Other+5 moreUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $136,354 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION…ASSOCIATION FOR INDIAS DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 · InternationalOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $73,353 · Human ServicesOVERLAKE SERVIC…LifeWire: $10,000 · Human ServicesLifeWire+1 more: $1,419 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $50,487 · EducationUNIVERSIT…CENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INC: $25,000 · HealthNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $22,200 · EmploymentINDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $4,250 · Arts & Culture
Other$292,849International$141,354Human Services$84,772Education$50,487Health$25,000Employment$22,200Arts & Culture$14,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $136,354 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOVERLAKE SERVICE LEAGUE: $73,353 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $50,487 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DISEASE DYNAMICS ECONOMICS & POLICY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN: $22,200 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLifeWire: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetKEY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetThe Bhutan Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $5,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR INDIAS DEVELOPMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSRI SATHYA SAI WORLD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $1,419 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Mani Charitable Found…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Mani Charitable FoundationWA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mani Charitable Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Akila and S Somasegar Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Akila and S Somasegar Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy Inc: 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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