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Ila & Dinesh Paliwal Foundation

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$333k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 49% of ILA & DINESH PALIWAL FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $525k
  • $250k+2 grants · $666k
$50,233
Median grant
8
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO$333,333
Charity Water$333,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$183,000
PRATHAM USA$150,000
THE ASIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION$141,333
ROBIN HOOD$50,233
SEO SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY$25,000
1000 DREAMS FOUNDATION$18,000
AIM FOR SEVA$10,000
NBA FOUNDATION$5,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
RETHINK FOOD$1,000
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 (FY19–24, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LEAP TO SHINE: $88k → 8%AIM FOR SEVA: $10k → 12%INDIASPORA: $25k → 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

WA
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
GA
TX

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.8M · 13 repeat orgs$624k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +49% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
15

Total granted

$5.8M
$603k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+14%

Still filing today

46%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsCivil RightsOther

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

  • PU
    PRATHAM USA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $675k · revenue +20%
  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $618k · revenue +900% · 78% of their budget
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $499k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • MU
    MIAMI UNIVERSITY CHAIR ENGINEERING
    one grant, 2022 · $331k
  • LT
    LEAP TO SHINE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $88k · revenue +14% · 35% of their budget
  • IA
    INDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -45%

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
The American India Foundation

The american india foundation(aif) is a nonprofit american development organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in india.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Friends of Teach for India Inc

Empowering mobilizers like teach for india with intellectual, human, and financial resources to eliminate educational inequity in india.

Education
3
Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa)

The mission of the foundation is to simultaneously address childhood hunger and malnutrition and to promote education for children throughout india.

Food & Nutrition
4
Us-India Policy Institute

Us-india policy institute (usipi)undertaking policy research on diversity and inclusive developments in india and the usa. usipis vision for equal access to freedom,justice, and opportunity in india rests on its three pillars; research &…

Arts & Culture
5
India House Foundation

India House Foundation is dedicated to the protection of democracy and human rights in India, from the perspective of Indian-Americans based in the USA.

Civil Rights
6
Indo- American Foundation Inc
7
Climate Parliament Inc

Researching policy ideas on climate and clean energy in India, engaging legislators and business leaders to discuss those ideas.

International
8
India Philanthropy Alliance Association

The india philanthropy alliance (ipa) is a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the scale and impact of private american philanthropy to benefit social and economic development in india.

Philanthropy
9
Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Devoted to a greater appreciation of indian cinema and culture by showcasing films, supporting emerging filmmakers, and promoting the diverse perspectives of the indian diaspora.

Arts & Culture
10
Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Indo-American Association

The organization's mission is to promote the cultural arts of india subcontinent in the american context.

Arts & Culture
12
Indians for Collective Action

ICA's mission is to support sustainable development in India by partnering with dedicated non-government organizations (NGO's) and individuals.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Nba Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 33 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MIAMI UNIVERSITY — $2,268,865 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITYMIAMI UNIVERSITY CHAIR ENGINEERING — $330,533 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITY CHAIR ENGINEERINGCharity Water Paper Science & Engineering — $281,000 · OtherCharity Water Paper Science & Engineering+15 more — $296,300 · Other+15 morePRATHAM USA — $675,000 · PhilanthropyPRATHAM USAROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $275,233 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDA…+2 more — $55,000 · Philanthropy+2 moreCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $868,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL IN…LEAP TO SHINE INC — $88,000 · Human ServicesLEAP TO SHINE INC+2 more — $35,000 · Human ServicesASIAN AMERICA FOUNDATION — $618,040 · Arts & CultureASIAN AMERI…INDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureINDO AMERIC…+1 more — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $499,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDREN'S HOPE INDIA LLC — $60,000 · InternationalTeach for America Inc — $12,500 · EducationNBA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Education
Other$3,176,698Philanthropy$1,005,233Human Services$991,000Arts & Culture$673,040Recreation & Sports$499,000International$60,000Education$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC — $868,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPRATHAM USA — $675,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetASIAN AMERICA FOUNDATION — $618,040 over 4y, 78% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $499,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION — $275,233 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLEAP TO SHINE INC — $88,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INDIA LLC — $60,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetINDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC — $50,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINDIASPORA — $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL INDIA MOVEMENT FOR SEVA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndian American Impact — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK — $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC
  • Who funds PRATHAM USA
  • Who funds ASIAN AMERICA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
  • Who funds LEAP TO SHINE INC
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOPE INDIA LLC
  • Who funds INDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST
  • Who funds KOREAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds INDIASPORA
  • Who funds CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc
  • Who funds ALL INDIA MOVEMENT FOR SEVA INC
  • Who funds NBA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
  • Who funds Indian American Impact
  • Who funds THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK

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.

Raj Family Private FoundationNJ13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raj Family Private Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Ila & Dinesh Paliwal 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.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ila & Dinesh Paliwal Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ila & Dinesh Paliwal 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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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