· Private foundation
Kumar Foundation
Its FY2019 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, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION | $8,050 |
| NATIONAL INDO AMERICAN MUSEUM | $1,700 |
| ISKCON | $300 |
| MORTON AREBORETUM | $280 |
| SHARE A SMILE | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about india and the promotion of intellectual engagement with india in american universities by providing research fellowship support, training in indian languages, knowledge of indian culture, and…
To promote education, scientific and technological research activities at "indian institute of technology madras".
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
To grant funds solely to the indian institute of technology delhi for charitable purposes to their endowment fund to support their instructional and research objectives.
To create an impact on the lives of the disadvantaged, under-served populations by nurturing models of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Aia chicago foundation invests in chicago's next generation of architectural change-makers by awarding scholarships, grants, and recognition.
The mission of the international african american museum (iaam) is to honor the untold stories of the african american journey at one of our country's most sacred sites. iaam stewards stories and collections grounded in diasporic,…
How this is measured
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 14 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.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kumar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kumar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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