New Jersey · Private foundation
Kusum Family 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.
- $128k
- Granted FY2023
- 19
- Grants FY2023
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Kusum Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 19 | $128k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $11k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $6k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $9k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $8k | 6% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jain Center of New Jersey | $26,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $14,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Blind Foundation for India | $11,800 | 5 | 4% |
| Share and Care Foundation for India | $8,605 | 7 | 0% |
| Ratna Global Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Seva Foundation | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $7,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jain Center of New Jersey | $26,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Sankara Eye Foundation USA | $14,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Blind Foundation for India | $11,800 | 5 | 4% |
| Share and Care Foundation for India | $8,605 | 7 | 0% |
| Ratna Global Foundation Inc | $8,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Seva Foundation | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $7,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $4,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care -Usa Inc | $3,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $2,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $1,975 | 7 | 0% |
| United States Association for UNHCR | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Finca International Inc | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $25 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kusum Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Kusum Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Kusum Family Foundation Inc give?
- Kusum Family Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $128,370 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kusum Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (33%), International (26%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Kusum Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Jain Center of New Jersey ($26k), Sankara Eye Foundation USA ($14k), Blind Foundation for India ($12k).
- Does Kusum Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kusum Family Foundation Inc 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kusum Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kusum Family Foundation Inc based?
- Kusum Family Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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