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Hyojin Kim Nirav Patel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$78k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20192025.

International$226kFood & Nutrition$77kHousing & Shelter$21kEmployment$20kScience & Tech$16kEducation$14kCivil Rights$12kCommunity Improvement$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,048
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HACK FOUNDATION$10,000
SMART (SCHOOLS MENTORING & RESOURCE TEAM)$6,000
GOOD NEIGHBORS USA$5,000
LIBERTY IN NORTH KOREA FOUNDATION$5,000
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA$5,000
UNICEF USA$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
FIRST GRADUATE$3,500
SAVE THE CHILDREN$3,000
FEEDING AMERICA$3,000
THE HUNGER PROJECT$3,000
HELEN KELLER INTL$2,500
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$2,500
BRADLEY STREET BICYCLE CO-OP (CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY BICYCLE WORKSHOP)$2,479
THE COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM$2,048
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Simple Steps Community Connection: $10k → 8%HELEN KELLER SERVICES: $1k → 20%Simple Steps Community Connection: $10k → 8%World Food Program: $20k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $10k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $10k → 14%World Food Program: $10k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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DC
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$337k · 17 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +20% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$337k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+1%

Still filing today

76%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $55k · revenue +117%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    5× · 2021–2025 · $55k · revenue +64%
  • GN
    GOOD NEIGHBORS USA
    4× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • WF
    World Food
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • LG
    LINK GLOBALgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +59%
  • C
    CARE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
3
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
4
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
5
Global Poverty Project Inc

Our mission is to build a movement of global citizens whose actions will help achieve our vision of a world without extreme poverty.

Social Science
6
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
7
Women in Global Health Inc

Women in global health (wgh) is a global movement and organization that brings together all genders and backgrounds to achieve gender equality in global health leadership.

Public Benefit
8
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
9
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
10
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
11
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa and the most unlike its peers is World Forgotten Children Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDomestic Violence Crisis Se…Education Equity LeadershipFood Pantries & AssistanceLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Christian Missionary Organi…Government Accountability R…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr16%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr16%34%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr16%18%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/27
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,538

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $55,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFGOOD NEIGHBORS USA — $35,490 · InternationalGOOD NEIGHBORS USAMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $17,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT — $15,000 · InternationalTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECTLINK GLOBAL — $10,000 · InternationalLINK GLOBALAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $7,000 · International+5 more — $11,500 · International+5 moreMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS — $18,950 · OtherMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWSLIBERTY IN NORTH KOREA FOUNDATION — $12,550 · OtherLIBERTY IN NORTH KOREA FOUNDA…Individual grant recipient — $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWorld Food — $10,000 · OtherWorld FoodCARE — $10,000 · OtherCAREIndividual grant recipient — $5,000 · OtherSMART (SCHOOLS MENTORING & RESOURCE) — $5,000 · OtherBRADLEY STREET BICYCLE CO-OP (CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY BICYCLE WORKSHOP) — $4,179 · OtherCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM — $6,144 · OtherCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM+10 more — $13,005 · Other+10 moreFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC — $55,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD…SIMPLE STEPS COMMUNITY CONNECTION — $20,000 · Human ServicesSIMPLE STEPS COMMUNI…+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE CLEAR FUND — $32,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEAR FUNDWorld Forgotten Children Foundation — $24,000 · PhilanthropyWorld Forgotten…THE HACK FOUNDATION D/B/A HACK CLUB — $10,000 · Science & TechSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART) — $8,500 · EducationFeeding America — $8,000 · Food & Nutrition
International$151,490Other$107,828Human Services$76,000Philanthropy$56,000Science & Tech$10,000Education$8,500Food & Nutrition$8,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC — $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS USA — $35,490 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND — $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Forgotten Children Foundation — $24,000 over 4y, 52% of budgetSIMPLE STEPS COMMUNITY CONNECTION — $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMEI FONG AND ASSOCIATES AWS — $18,950 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL HUNGER PROJECT — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLINK GLOBAL — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART) — $8,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM — $6,144 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST GRADUATE — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOW PLACE SHELTER FOR HOMELESS WOMEN INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Keller Services — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE J A Y C FOUNDATION INC — $77 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Hyojin Kim Nirav Patel Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Hyojin Kim Nirav Patel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hyojin Kim Nirav Patel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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