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Kirpa Foundation Inc at a glance

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Kirpa Foundation Inc

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.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Philanthropy$153kReligion$31kHuman Services$4kFood & Nutrition$4kCrime & Legal$3kEducation$1kHealth$600Recreation & Sports$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$690
Median grant
4
States reached
$168k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GURU NANAK FOUNDATIONI OF AMERICA$5,000
SEVA TRUCK FOUNDATION$2,500
GAISS SEVA FOUNDATION$1,000
DASVANDH NETWORK$690
KARUNA CHARTIES FOUNDATION$500
CENTER FOR ADOPTION SUPPORT AND EDU$500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%SIKH FAMILY CENTER: $2k → 19%DASVANDH NETWORK: $52k → 16%DASVANDH NETWORK: $51k → 16%DASVANDH NETWORK: $48k → 16%DASVANDH NETWORK: $690 → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$164k · 5 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$164k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+27%

Still filing today

80%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionReligionCivil RightsOther
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

  • DN
    DASVANDH NETWORK
    4× · 2021–2024 · $153k · revenue +16%
  • SR
    Sikh Research Institute
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k · revenue +17%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200 · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • WS
    WASHINGTON SIKH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • Sikh American Legal Defense & Educationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +27%
  • SF
    SIKH FAMILY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +129%
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
Singh Family Foundation Washington
Philanthropy
2
Sikh Information Centre

The Sikh Information Centre is based on Sikhi which stresses unity truth and creativity of a personal spiritual enlightenment The organization strives to develop evaluate and disseminate articles programs and social events at a local…

Human Services
3
Sikh Council On Religion and Education Inc
Religion
4
The Sikh Coalition

The sikh coalition is a community based organization that works towards the realization of civil and human rights for all people. in particular, we work towards a world where sikhs may freely practice and enjoy their faith while fostering…

Civil Rights
5
Guru Gobind Singh Foundation Trust

Guru gobind singh foundation (ggsf) is a gurdwara that is a spiritual center an institution with a vision to create worldwide awareness regarding sikhs and sikhism. ggsfs mission has been to enhance the image of sikhs thru every possible…

Religion
6
Sikh Aid Usa

To support needy people of any religion worldwide

Religion
7
Sikh of America Corp

Provide to Children Religious ,Moral and Provide free food and Shelter

Health
8
Sikh American Veterans Alliance Inc
Public Benefit
9
Khalsa Foundation

Khalsa foundation california seeks to empower and advocate for the sikh and punjabi communities in the united states, fostering a sense of belonging and promoting holistic well-being through the sikh way of being. we strive to build a…

Religion
10
The Sikh Center Sf Bay Area

To promote the sikh religion.

—
11
Sikh Foundation of Virginia

To promote the Sikh faith.

—
12
Nanak Naam

The organizations purpose is for the public benefit the advancement of the Sikh religion, primarily but not exclusively, in particular the ancient practice of meditation.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sikh Research Institute; the most unlike its peers is San Antonio Leaders and Teachers. 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

8 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. 8 of the 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DASVANDH NETWORK: $152,603 · Human ServicesDASVANDH NETWORK+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON SIKH CENTER INC: $20,000 · OtherWASHINGTON SIKH …GURU NANAK FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN: $5,000 · OtherGURU NANAK FOUND…KARUNA CHARTIES FOUNDATION: $1,200 · OtherGAISS SEVA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Other+4 more: $1,050 · OtherSikh Research Institute: $6,000 · ReligionSevaTruck Foundation: $3,500 · Food & NutritionSikh American Legal Defense & Education: $2,500 · Civil RightsSAN ANTONIO LEADERS AND TEACHERS: $1,000 · EducationCENTER FOR ADOPTION SUPPORT AND EDUCATION INC: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 · Health
Human Services$154,603Other$28,250Religion$6,000Food & Nutrition$3,500Civil Rights$2,500Education$1,000Health$700

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDASVANDH NETWORK: $152,603 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetSikh Research Institute: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSevaTruck Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSikh American Legal Defense & Education: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSIKH FAMILY CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR ADOPTION SUPPORT AND EDUCATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 2y, 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.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY12.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kirpa Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kirpa Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 73%
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc: 73% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 16 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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