· Private foundation
Bvm 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Bvm Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Dba Fiduciary Trust Charitable, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Bvm Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $57k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k12 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION | $12,500 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $6,000 |
| SEWA INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
| HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| INDIAN CIRCLE OF CARING | $5,000 |
| INFINITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| JAIN CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON | $2,500 |
| HIMALAYAN ACADEMY | $1,008 |
| THE DESAI FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| JAIN SANGH OF NEW ENGLAND | $1,000 |
| SAMSKRITA BHARATI | $1,000 |
| CHINMAYA MISSION BOSTON | $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 (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
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.
To promote the understanding of india's cultural traditions, universal understanding and harmony; to publish the encyclopedia of hinduism; to organize lectures and seminars on various aspects of indian traditions; charitable activities…
To provide secure, professionally managed financial support to the diverse programs of hindu temples and other hindu institutions that are dedicated to traditional and classical hindu principles and practices
Arihanta academys mission is to build a world-class online institution for deeper learning of the jain tradition, its principles, and how these principles apply to daily life for the benefit and well-being of individuals and society in…
Foster teachings of hindu religion
The very essence of spirituality and religion lies in understanding the depth of ancient wisdom, connecting to the divine, and achieving inner peace. our organization, rooted in the profound teachings of vedic scriptures and the practice…
We seek to bring timeless wisdom insights into dialogue with contemporary science to deepen our understanding of consciousness and the nature of reality.
Our mission as per the by-laws : a) the board adopts a strategic plan that includes goals which will lead to acquiring accreditation recognized by us department of education and maintaining it. this includes getting an accreditation from…
Maintened a website to document and present our research, popular vedic popularvedicscience.com. added 200 new articles and the website is now a top ranking site
Public education
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 17 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 FIDUCIARY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DBA FIDUCIARY TRUST CHARITABLE ↗
- Who funds Sewa International Inc ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF SCIENCE ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds JAIN CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON ↗
- Who funds THE GIVING BACK FUND ↗
- Who funds INFINITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HIMALAYAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SAMSKRITA BHARTI ↗
- Who funds JAIN SANGH OF NEW ENGLAND INC ↗
- Who funds DESAI FOUNDATION ↗
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bvm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bvm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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