· Private foundation
Dr Upali P Weerasooriya
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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| R Bodhinagoda | $14,700 |
| ASSS Foundation | $8,650 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,500 |
| UT Theater and Dance Department | $5,000 |
| UT Austin Department of Chemistry | $5,000 |
| Professor Thomas Kinstle Scholarship | $5,000 |
| Dr Thomas Kinstle Professorship in Chemistry | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| Austin Buddhist Center | $3,700 |
| Individual grant recipient | $950 |
| Faith in Practice | $900 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| St Joseph Indian School | $200 |
| Hurricane Swim Team | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 74% of grant dollars ($583k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 26% that went abroad ($210k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $400) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 26% of all-years giving ($210k)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of Dr Upali P Weerasooriya’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 66% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 68%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -28% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SAFE ALLIANCE5× · 2020–2024 · $317k · revenue +43%
- COCARITAS OF AUSTIN2× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +7%
- FIFAITH IN PRACTICE2× · 2020–2024 · $2k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- SOSeedevee Offset PVT LTDone grant, 2022 · $25k
- USUT Student Emergency Fundone grant, 2020 · $20k
- BGBowling Green State Universityone grant, 2021 · $20k
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.
Our mission, vision and approach to homelessness are rooted in core hawaiian values that guide our outcomes and overall impact.
Covenant house texas shelters, protects, and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, and sexually exploited youth.
Hope services hawaii provides housing-focused interventions to end homelessness through a continuum of services, including homeless prevention and diversion, mobile outreach, medical respite, street medicine, in- shelter medical attention,…
We believe everyone deserves a decent place to live. by building, preserving, and expanding fair access to affordable homeownership, habitat partners with people and families to build strong futures on the foundation of a stable home.
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Habitat for humanity greater san francisco builds and sustains affordable homeownership opportunities for families in marin, san francisco and san mateo counties.
Fighting poverty. lifting lives. we mobilize the resources of our community to help those among us who are in need. our dedicated professional staff and volunteers work together to provide food, access to shelter, healthcare, and a broad…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity of utah county fosters hope and unites diverse groups to improve the lives of individuals and communities by building, renovating, and repairing homes.
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Hsp gives hope, inspires change, and provides opportunity by mobilizing the community in the fight against poverty.
Provides housing and support services to individuals and families impacted by hiv/aids
Homes 4 Homes brings safe housing to people in developing countries. We empower local leaders and construction teams to build homes for at risk members of their own communities. Safe and secure housing positively impacts multiple…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 53 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dr Upali P Weerasooriya funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr Upali P Weerasooriya. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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