· Private foundation
Iswara Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k13 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $14,900 |
| GRACE HOME GIRLS HOME | $8,200 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY EASTERN TERRITORY | $1,521 |
| ILANKAI THAMIL SANGAM INC | $1,251 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $1,008 |
| NYPD HONOR LEGION SCHOLARSHIP | $500 |
| EPIPHANY | $467 |
| PROJECT HOSPITALITY | $200 |
| PAKISTANI CIVIC ASSOCIATION | $200 |
| MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY | $150 |
| AMERICAN LEGION POST | $135 |
| LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY (LLC) | $100 |
| UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION | $50 |
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: 82% of grant dollars ($100k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 18% that went abroad ($23k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $556) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 18% of all-years giving ($23k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient5× · 2021–2025 · $65k
- GHGRACE HOME GIRLS HOME5× · 2021–2025 · $17k
- GGOFNDME2× · 2022–2023 · $1k
Funded once
- TOTRINCO ORPHANAGEone grant, 2024 · $23k
- FNFOUNDATION NIFIAS OF ATE CRISTOone grant, 2024 · $1k
- BPBT PS 59 BEEKMAN HILLone grant, 2022 · $503
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.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
For over 20 years, chai's mission has been to save lives and improve health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries around the world. we do this by enabling the government and private sector to strengthen and sustain quality health…
The mission of healthix inc. is to create an achievable, sustainable and replicable model for integrating clinical information across multiple health care organizations which supports new york state and federal strategic health information…
Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
To enhance the health and well-being of others through our work with blood and stem cell products and by facilitating scientific research
We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…
Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…
Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 32 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.
- Who funds ILANKAI THAMIL SANGAM INC ↗
- Who funds NYPD HONOR LEGION SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOSPITALITY INC ↗
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- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF STATEN ISLAND INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Iswara Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iswara Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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