· Private foundation
Banyan Tree 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.
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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k7 grants · $265k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $185k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Afar Pastoralist Development Association | $75,000 |
| International Institute of Rural Reconstruction - Ethiopia | $60,000 |
| Carolina for Kibera, Inc | $50,000 |
| National Youth Awareness Forum | $46,050 |
| Forum for African Women Educationalists - SL | $42,609 |
| Grassroots nest for Innovations and Change | $42,585 |
| Dupoto-e-Maa Olkejuado Pastoralists Development Organization | $41,340 |
| College Track | $40,000 |
| Forum for African Women Educationalists - SL | $27,250 |
| Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC) | $25,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASEE ATTCHED STATEMENT6× · 2017–2022 · $6.6M
- FFForum for African Women Educationalists - SL2× · 2023–2024 · $165k
- APAfar Pastoralist Development Association2× · 2023–2024 · $158k
Funded once
- DODupoto-e-Maa Olkejuado Pastoralists Development Organizationone grant, 2024 · $41k
- JTJunior Tennis Champions Centerone grant, 2024 · $25k
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.
1 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. 1 of the 10 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.
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