· Private foundation
Anita and Santosh Mehra Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
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 · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $158k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RAPHAEL HOUSE | $28,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF HURON V | $25,000 |
| OLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| SAFE HOUSE CENTER | $20,000 |
| MAI FAMILY SERVICES | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $20,000 |
| THE HINDU TEMPLE | $5,000 |
| CHILDREN OF SHELTERS | $5,000 |
| OLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| WENDER WEIS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN | $2,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY | $1,500 |
| SCHOOLS OF SACRED HEART | $1,475 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $1,230 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
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 (FY24–25, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +39% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Michigan9× · 2017–2025 · $265k · revenue +202% · 39% of their budget
- OCOLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2025 · $236k · revenue +39%
- COChildren of Shelters5× · 2021–2025 · $105k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- TPTIPPING POINT COMMUNITYone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -1%
- DVDHANPATMAL VIRMANI EDUCATION TRUSTone grant, 2020 · $16k
- SJSAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $8k
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.
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Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…
The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
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 26 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
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 University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds OLYMPIC CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Children of Shelters ↗
- Who funds MAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL ↗
- Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO INC ↗
- Who funds TIPPING POINT COMMUNITY ↗
- Who funds RUSSIAN HILL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BREAST CANCER PREVENTION PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds WENDER WEIS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds DESAI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN NURSES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds LEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Anita and Santosh Mehra Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anita and Santosh Mehra Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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