· Private foundation
Bhandara 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, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $38k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ZOROASTRIAN ASSOC OF HOUSTON-ENDOWM | $37,789 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| Explore Their Stories INC | $2,500 |
| Islamic Society of Greater Houston | $2,001 |
| Etoile Academy Charter School | $1,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Touch Base Center for DeafBlind | $500 |
| BakerRipley | $500 |
| Hearthstone Heatwaves | $300 |
| Culture of Health-Advancing Togethe | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| Star of Hope | $100 |
| THE SHERWIN WILLIAM CO | $97 |
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 (FY23–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 2 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, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ZAZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON4× · 2021–2024 · $64k · revenue +214%
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2021–2025 · $40k
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2021–2022 · $15k
Funded once
- AFALLIANCE FOR DISASTER RELIEF INCone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -93%
- NFNufdi Fundone grant, 2024 · $17k
- TGTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +78%
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.
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
Our mission is to build and mobilize a community of local animal justice and vegan advocates across Asia to create waves of impactful actions for a better world for farmed animals.
Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
The GDP Research Alliance (GDPRA) is a newly organized D.C. non-profit corporation that was formed exclusively for research, development, and educational purposes.
At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…
Our mission is to promote a world where all beings live a just life of dignity and respect. To this end, we engage in practical actions, raise funds, spread understanding and foster compassion.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 25 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 ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds TOUCH BASE CENTER FOR THE DEAFBLIND ↗
- Who funds THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds STAR OF HOPE MISSION ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds FROM FAUNA INC ↗
- Who funds BakerRipley ↗
- Who funds Daya Inc ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF NAMAL 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bhandara Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bhandara Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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