California · Private foundation
Ankitara 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.
- $280k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Ankitara Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $280k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $251k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $86k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Will Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Spiritual Awarness Forum Inc | $96,260 | 2 | 4% |
| Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kode With Klossy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Give Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Samarthanam USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Will Foundation | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| World Spiritual Awarness Forum Inc | $96,260 | 2 | 4% |
| Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kode With Klossy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Palo Alto Partners in Education | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Give Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Samarthanam USA Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Without Cancer Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 43% |
| All India Movement for Seva Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Krishnamurti Foundation of America | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shanti Bhavan Children's Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sevalaya USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| India Literacy Project | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthways Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Ramana's Garden | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Children of Peru Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Compassion Unlimited Plus Action | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratham USA | $2,575 | 1 | 0% |
| Art of Living Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ankitara Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Ankitara Foundation
- How much does Ankitara Foundation give?
- Ankitara Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Ankitara Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (39%), Education (23%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Ankitara Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Divine Will Foundation ($125k), World Spiritual Awarness Forum Inc ($96k), Sos Children's Villages-Usa Inc ($65k).
- Does Ankitara Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ankitara Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ankitara Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bright Funds Foundation, Texas Instruments Foundation, United Way Worldwide.
- Where is Ankitara Foundation based?
- Ankitara Foundation is based in CA.
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