New Jersey · Private foundation
Gurnani Foundation
THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVLY FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND LITERARY PURPOSES, THE MAKING OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY AS EXEMPT AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR NEEDY INDIVIDUALS Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check…
- $695k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $690,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $903k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Gurnani Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $695k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $261k | 80% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $265k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadhu Vaswani Center | $1,080,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverside Park Conservancy Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Nevada Hindu Temple | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ved Mandir Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Human Benefit Servicesinc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadhu Vaswani Center | $1,080,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverside Park Conservancy Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Nevada Hindu Temple | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ved Mandir Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Human Benefit Servicesinc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Action Against Hunger - USA | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sharethewarmthinc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirtan Wallah Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interfaith Community Services Inc | $305 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gurnani Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
About Gurnani Foundation
- How much does Gurnani Foundation give?
- Gurnani Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $694,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Gurnani Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (72%), Community Improvement (13%), Health (4%).
- Who are Gurnani Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Sadhu Vaswani Center ($1.1M), Riverside Park Conservancy Inc ($13k), Greater Nevada Hindu Temple ($10k).
- Does Gurnani Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gurnani Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Gurnani Foundation based?
- Gurnani Foundation is based in NJ.
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