· Private foundation
Lakan Incorporated
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| GURU NANAK FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $10,000 |
| SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $9,730 |
| GURU GOBIND SING FOUNDATION | $7,000 |
| CHILDRENS NATL | $3,000 |
| SALDEF | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| HOWARD UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| JASWANT SAWHNEY TRUST | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $500 |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION | $500 |
| DC CENTRAL KITCHEN | $500 |
| KARUNA CHARITIES WASHINGTON INC | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GGGURU GOBIND SINGH FOUNDATION TRUST5× · 2019–2024 · $14k · revenue +21%
- SHSIKH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2021 · $12k · revenue +78%
Sikh American Legal Defense & Education4× · 2019–2024 · $6k · revenue +194%
Funded once
- FCFidelity Charitable Advisor Fundone grant, 2021 · $25k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
- DDasvandhone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
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.
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…
To build a sikh temple that cares about the community, bring spiritualism, peace around inland empire area and around the world. we intend to revive the true teachings of guru nanak dev ji, guru granth sahib ji and all guru sahaibans,…
To practice, promote and preach the principles of guru nanak dev ji's message of universal brotherhood as taught by the ten sikh gurus and sri guru granth sahib. the gurudwara sahib was formed to cater to the religious, social and cultural…
SevaTruck Foundation is a nonprofit food truck that delivers warm and nutritious vegetarian meals to students at Title I schools across the DMV area, while also supporting after school programs that help students succeed and break the…
Sikh family center is a nonprofit organization in the u.s. that promotes community well-being with a particular focus on gender justice. we provide trauma-centered resources for victim-survivors of violence while organizing to change the…
We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.
To support needy people of any religion worldwide
How this is measured
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 44 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.
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds GURU GOBIND SINGH FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
- Who funds SIKH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Sikh American Legal Defense & Education ↗
- Who funds ECOSIKH INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE SIKH COALITION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S NATIONAL ↗
- Who funds SUBURBAN HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds STROKE COMEBACK CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds KARUNA CHARITIES OF WASHINGTON 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.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Verizon Foundation · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lakan Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lakan Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc: 19% of income from government
- Suburban Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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