Arizona · Private foundation
Karandikar 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Karandikar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 9 | $22k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $28k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $12k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewa International Inc | $3,301 | 1 | 0% |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haidakhandi Universal Ashram | $501 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
About Karandikar Foundation
- How much does Karandikar Foundation give?
- Karandikar Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $21,782 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Karandikar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (45%), Health (24%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Karandikar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Sewa International Inc ($3k), Sankara Eye Foundation USA ($3k), Haidakhandi Universal Ashram ($501).
- Does Karandikar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Karandikar 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 Karandikar Foundation based?
- Karandikar Foundation is based in AZ.
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