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Kumar Family 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.

$22k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$32kAnimals$18kYouth Development$17kHuman Services$7kFood & Nutrition$7kPhilanthropy$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$431k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HH$7,600
COLLETON COUNTY FIRST STEPS$5,000
FRIENDS OF COLLETON ANIMAL SHELTER$2,500
LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK$1,500
HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJEC$1,000
SCHOOLS CONSENT PROJECT INC$1,000
COASTAL MUSEUM$1,000
Individual grant recipient$600
ACHILLES INTERNATIONAL$525
ST JOSEPH'S CENTER$500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$500
THE PENN CENTER$200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 14%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $500 → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 9%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $500 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%START SMALL THINK BIG: $500 → 17%START SMALL THINK BIG: $500 → 17%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

IL
NY
IA
PA
KY
VA
SC
DC
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$86k · 15 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$86k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+3%

Still filing today

53%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • LF
    LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7k · revenue +15%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +37%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • M
    MAKE-A-WISH
    one grant, 2023 · $500
  • WW
    WOUNDED WARRIORS
    one grant, 2023 · $500
  • Z
    ZONTA
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
2
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc

Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.

Animals
3
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

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

International
4
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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5
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
6
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
7
Saratoga Care Inc

To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.

Health
8
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
9
Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey & Philadelphia
Employment
10
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
11
United States Association for Unhcr

USA for UNHCR protects and supports refugees by mobilizing resources, elevating awareness, and driving action through a network of engaged supporters.

International
12
Handicap International

Handicap international dba humanity & inclusion (hi) works with people with disabilities and people living in situations of vulnerability, including poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners for Pets of Allendale County. 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 28 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLETON COUNTY FIRST STEPS: $31,500 · OtherCOLLETON COUNTY FIRST STEPSBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HH: $16,930 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HHFRIENDS OF COLLETON ANIMAL SHELTER: $12,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF COLLETON ANIMAL SHELTERLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6,500 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC+14 more: $12,340 · Other+14 moreCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $6,500 · PhilanthropyTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,500 · AnimalsPARTNERS FOR PETS OF ALLENDALE COUNTY: $1,801 · AnimalsAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,250 · Human ServicesSTART SMALL THINK BIG INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPHS CENTER: $1,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentSCHOOLS CONSENT PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Crime & LegalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 · International
Other$79,270Philanthropy$6,500Animals$5,301Human Services$4,750Environment$2,000Crime & Legal$1,000International$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR PETS OF ALLENDALE COUNTY: $1,801 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetAchilles International Inc: $1,525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTART SMALL THINK BIG INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOLS CONSENT PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST JOSEPHS CENTER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPenn Center Inc: $200 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.

  • Who funds Community Foundation of the Lowcountry ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR PETS OF ALLENDALE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Achilles International Inc ↗
  • Who funds START SMALL THINK BIG INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOLS CONSENT PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPHS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Disabled American Veterans ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Penn Center Inc ↗

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.

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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 Kumar Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kumar Family 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 28 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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