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Arora Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Arora Family Foundation Inc

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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Philanthropy$25kEducation$11kHousing & Shelter$8kInternational$6kCivil Rights$4kArts & Culture$3kHealth$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$446k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION$10,000
LAZARUS HOUSE MINISTRIES$7,500
AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION USA$2,750
INDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,100
THE AD FOUNDATION$2,100
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON$1,687
INDIA NEW ENGLAND MULTIMEDIA INC$1,500
WOMEN WHO WIN INC$1,500
ANAYA SCHOLARS$1,000
VISION-AID INCORPORATED$1,000
SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC$1,000
EKAM USA INC$1,000
FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VA$1,000
DESAI FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY23–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VA: $1k → 10%SAHELI INC: $1k → 8%SAHELI INC: $1k → 8%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 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
Ignite Asha

Improve the human rights and self worth of south asian women and children on a global level.

International
2
Ananta Giving Foundation

To provide support for charitable and educational organizations and initiatives in the united states and abroad, including but not limited to organizations and initiatives focused on providing and facilitating access to high quality…

Philanthropy
3
Daughters of Azaadi

Our mission is to rescue, protect, and emplowe at-risk children in india and surrounding countries by providing safe, nuturing homes, holistic care, and lifelong educational support. partnering with trusted organizations and networks, we…

International
4
India Awareness Foundation Inc

Public education

Education
5
The Desai Foundation
Education
6
Intelehealth Inc

Intelehealth leverages open-source technology for Governments, NGOs and Hospitals to seamlessly connect 'hard to reach' populations with high quality primary healthcare. Health organizations all over the world have used our technology to…

International
7
Indo American Development and Health Organization
International
8
Radiant Foundation

promotes & supports causes in healthcare, education, sustainable development, womens empowerment, and social justice through grassroot organizations in India and the United States.

International
9
Vikas Mission

Provide relevant technical training skills and holistic development courses which change the trajectory of our graduates' lives, equipping them to be valuable & contributing members of their communities.

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10
Us Giving to Maher

US Giving to Maher provides resources to charities in India that align with our goal of an India where all people have the opportunity for a decent life, dignity, and happiness regardless of caste, gender or religion.

International
11
Shadhika Project

Shadhika believes in a future where each person in India can choose their own path to meaning, purpose, and happiness. Through global philanthropy and in-country programming, Shadhika believes that education is the most effective vehicle…

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12
Annapurna Global Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ekam Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Indians for Collective Action. 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FDAD FOUNDATION INC: $2,100 · PhilanthropyAD FOUNDATION INCDESAI FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $2,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVISION-AID INCORPORATED: $1,000 · OtherVISION-AID INCORPORATEDANAYA SCHOLARS INC: $1,000 · OtherANAYA SCHOLARS INCEkam USA Inc: $1,000 · OtherEkam USA Inc+2 more: $1,000 · Other+2 moreLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterLAZARUS HOUS…INDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION: $2,500 · Civil RightsWOMEN WHO WIN INC: $1,500 · Civil RightsSAHELI INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSewa International Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesINDIA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $1,687 · Arts & CultureINDIA NEW ENGLAND MULTIMEDIA INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $2,750 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$28,100Other$16,100Housing & Shelter$7,500Civil Rights$4,000Human Services$4,000Arts & Culture$3,187Food & Nutrition$2,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAHELI INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINDIA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $1,687 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetINDIA NEW ENGLAND MULTIMEDIA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSewa International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISION-AID INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANAYA SCHOLARS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDESAI FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEkam USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Eastern Bank Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Eastern Bank FoundationMA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern Bank Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Arora Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arora Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Saheli Inc: 61% of income from government
  • Family Services of the Merrimack Valley Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Arora Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Arora Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 19 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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