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John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation at a glance

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John and Editha Kapoor Charitable 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.

$300k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.8MPhilanthropy$1.1MEducation$280kFood & Nutrition$220kPublic Safety & Disaster$95kReligion$36kInternational$20kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300,000
Median grant
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States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GUNVATI J KAPOOR MEDICAL RELIEF FOUNDATION$300,000
02The need
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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: 45% of grant dollars ($2.1M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 55% that went abroad ($2.5M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Red Cross: $10k → 14%HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Beyond the US: 55% of all-years giving ($2.5M)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$2.5M · 13 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 9 repeat orgs$676k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$3.9M
$676k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+22%

Still filing today

44%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
InternationalEducationFood & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • GJ
    GUNVATI J KAPOOR MEDICAL RELIEF FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M
  • EH
    Editha House Foundation
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1.0M · revenue -97% · 60% of their budget
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    4× · 2017–2023 · $190k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • IG
    IMD Guest House Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $287k · revenue +24%
  • University of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2017 · $275k · revenue +56%
  • TD
    THAKER DEI MEHRA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
7
The Carle Foundation Hospital

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
12
The Global FoodBanking Network

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

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of the Valley; the most unlike its peers is Editha House Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GUNVATI J KAPOOR MEDICAL RELIEF FOUNDATION: $2,355,000 · OtherGUNVATI J KAPOOR MEDICAL RELIEF FOUNDATIONCENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF PHILANTHROPY: $125,000 · OtherINDO AMERICAN CANCER ASSOCIATION: $109,000 · Other+7 more: $161,064 · Other+7 moreEditha House Foundation: $1,011,011 · PhilanthropyEditha House FoundationIMD Guest House Foundation: $286,710 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $22,700 · HealthUniversity of Chicago: $274,786 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $190,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $5,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $1,000 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesHospice of the Valley: $5,580 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$2,750,064Philanthropy$1,011,011Health$309,410Education$279,786Food & Nutrition$220,000International$21,000Human Services$15,580Community Improvement$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEditha House Foundation: $1,011,011 over 2y, 60% of budgetIMD Guest House Foundation: $286,710 over 1y, 16% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $274,786 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $190,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $22,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of the Valley: $5,580 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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How do I get to John and Editha Kapoor Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John and Editha Kapoor Charitable 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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