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Chowdary Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2025
62
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
36 to 62
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$718k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Chowdary Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving52$48k13%
FY202462$49k26%
FY202351$44k24%
FY202254$51k26%
FY202148$42k23%
FY202040$36k25%
FY201936$27k25%
FY201836$32k17%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$107kReligion$50kInternational$41kHuman Services$38kFood & Nutrition$24kHousing & Shelter$21kArts & Culture$12kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 71 grantees
All grantees of Chowdary Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc$19,00060%
Lehigh Valley Health Network$17,50040%
Community Services for Children Inc$16,76090%
Healing the Children New Jersey Inc$13,50091%
Katie's House Inc$10,50091%
Hindu Temple Society$8,9849n/a
Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc$8,00090%
Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation$7,00065%
Operation Smile Inc$6,80080%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$6,5003n/a
United States Association for UNHCR$5,90080%
Arsha-Vidya-Pitam$5,5006n/a
Lower Macungie Library$4,80080%
Allentown Rescue Mission Inc$4,30090%
American Heart Association Inc$4,20090%
Mercy Ships International$4,00080%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,00030%
Oxfam-America Inc$4,00060%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,85070%
American Cancer Society Inc$3,40080%
Mercy Corps$3,25040%
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc$3,00060%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$2,55050%
Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County Inc$2,50030%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,50030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,40070%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$2,20050%
Good Shepherd Corporation$2,1004n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2,00050%
National Geographic Society$2,00020%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$2,00020%
Lower Macungie Fire Department$1,95070%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,70030%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$1,65050%
Civic Theatre of Allentown Pa$1,50030%
Friends of Flight 93 National Memor$1,50030%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$1,50060%
Americares Foundation Inc$1,40040%
Operation Homefront Inc$1,40040%
Cay Galgon Life House$1,30030%
Als United Greater New York Inc$1,05030%
The American India Foundation$1,00020%
Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa)$1,00020%
Camelot for Children$1,00020%
Food for the Poor Inc$87540%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$80030%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$80020%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$72530%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$65230%
Project H O P E Inc$6002n/a
Lehigh County Humane Society$55020%
Cato Institute$50010%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$50030%
Four Kids Foundation$5001n/a
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$50020%
Macungie Ambulance Corps$50010%
Cetronia Ambulance Corps Inc$45030%
Whyy Inc$35010%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association$30010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$30010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$30010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$30020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$30010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$25010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$10010%
Greenpeace Inc$10010%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$10010%
Medical Teams International$10010%
Jerusalem Western Salisbury Church$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chowdary Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMeals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc: $19,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLehigh Valley Health Network: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Services for Children Inc: $16,760 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHealing the Children New Jersey Inc: $13,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetKatie's House Inc: $10,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc: $8,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetManjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation: $7,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $6,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLower Macungie Library: $4,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAllentown Rescue Mission Inc: $4,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $3,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $2,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Lehigh County Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLower Macungie Fire Department: $1,950 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $1,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Theatre of Allentown Pa: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Flight 93 National Memor: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Homefront Inc: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCay Galgon Life House: $1,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAls United Greater New York Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American India Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAkshaya Patra Foundation (Usa): $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamelot for Children: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $875 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $725 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $652 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh County Humane Society: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 64.

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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.

Ppl FoundationPA27.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ppl Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · The Century Fund Trust · Air Products Foundation · The Topper Foundation · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Lutron Foundation · Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation · William H and Patti a Lehr 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.

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About Chowdary Family Foundation

How much does Chowdary Family Foundation give?
Chowdary Family Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $48,246 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Chowdary Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Religion (14%), International (12%).
Who are Chowdary Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc ($19k), Lehigh Valley Health Network ($18k), Community Services for Children Inc ($17k).
Does Chowdary Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Chowdary Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chowdary Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ppl Foundation, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, The Century Fund Trust.
Where is Chowdary Family Foundation based?
Chowdary Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 119 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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