Massachusetts · Public charity
Deshpande Foundation Inc
The Deshpande Foundation, Inc. encourages the use of entrepreneurship and innovation as catalysts for societal change and improved quality of life.
- $871k
- Granted FY2020
- 6
- Grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
72% of Deshpande Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Deshpande Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $865k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $7.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 60% of the organizations Deshpande Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $615k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship for All Inc | $3,000,000 | 3 | 21% |
| National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Museum of Science | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tie-Boston Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Hindu American Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Groundwork Lawrence Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinmaya Mission of Boston | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship for All Inc | $3,000,000 | 3 | 21% |
| National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Museum of Science | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tie-Boston Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Hindu American Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Groundwork Lawrence Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinmaya Mission of Boston | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samskrita Bharti | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Prakash Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Teach for America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Deshpande Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Deshpande Foundation Inc
- How much does Deshpande Foundation Inc give?
- Deshpande Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $871,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Deshpande Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (56%), Community Improvement (33%), Education (8%).
- Who are Deshpande Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Entrepreneurship for All Inc ($3.0M), National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Inc ($120k), Greenlight Fund Inc ($100k).
- Does Deshpande Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Deshpande Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Deshpande Foundation Inc based?
- Deshpande Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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