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Mehta 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.

$76k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Science & Tech$190kEducation$185kInternational$175kReligion$66kEmployment$15kHuman Services$15kHealth$10kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $59k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION$58,500
BAPS SWAMINARAYANBAPS ENDOWMENT INC$5,000
GEETMALA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$5,000
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACADAMY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
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, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $10k → 8%COMMIT2CHANGE: $5k → 9%OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACADAMY: $5k → 8%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$337k · 9 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$337k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+41%

Still filing today

67%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • JS
    JAIN SOCIETY OF GREATER DETROIT SHAH
    2× · 2018–2022 · $60k · revenue +37%
  • University of Chicago
    2× · 2017–2018 · $51k · revenue +56%
  • TL
    THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO
    3× · 2019–2022 · $50k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • MF
    MAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITALgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +38%
  • TA
    THE ABOTA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • CC
    CINCINATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $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.

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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Nalanda 20

Improve excellence and access in higher education. Current focus is on India. Thus, Nalanda 2.0's current focus is to make India's higher education system world-class by building a world-class multidisciplinary research university,…

Education
3
Kaival Gyan Chicago Foundation
Philanthropy
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
7
UChicago Research International

To engage in scientific research and educational activities throughout the world on behalf of and in conjunction with the university of chicago.

Health
8
The Trustees of the Smith College

Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…

Education
9
Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation

Asian university for women (auw) seeks to offer high quality education to young women of extraordinary talents drawn from diverse national, ethnic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds. see schedule o for continuation.it is open to…

Education
10
Maharishi International University

Education used to develop every student's creative potential through maharishi's consciousness-based education, thereby raising every nation to invincibility and creating peace and prosperity for our world family.

Education
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Iit Madras Foundation

To promote education, scientific and technological research activities at "indian institute of technology madras".

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Share and Care Foundation for India; the most unlike its peers is Ujenzi Charitable Trust. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

President and Fellows of Harvard College: $200,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeUniversity of Chicago: $51,000 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $50,000 · EducationTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGOTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $45,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAUjenzi Charitable Trust: $100,000 · OtherUjenzi Charitable TrustIndividual grant recipient: $21,750 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBAPS ENDOWMENT INC: $20,000 · OtherBAPS ENDOWMENT INCTHE ABOTA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE ABOTA FOUNDATIONCINCINATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherCINCINATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL+7 more: $19,501 · Other+7 moreJAIN SOCIETY OF GREATER DETROIT SHAH: $60,000 · ReligionJAIN SOCI…SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION FOR INDIA: $58,500 · InternationalSHARE AND…+2 more: $1,200 · InternationalOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $15,000 · Human ServicesCOMMIT-2-CHANGE: $5,000 · Human ServicesAbhi Shah Foundation: $4,000 · Human ServicesGEETMALA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN SHETH: $15,000 · PhilanthropyMAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,000 · Arts & CultureEASTERN MARKET CORPORATION: $100 · Food & Nutrition
Education$346,000Other$181,251Religion$60,000International$59,700Human Services$24,000Philanthropy$15,000Arts & Culture$11,000Food & Nutrition$100

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJAIN SOCIETY OF GREATER DETROIT SHAH: $60,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetSHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION FOR INDIA: $58,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $51,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEETMALA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN SHETH: $15,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $15,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetMAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCOMMIT-2-CHANGE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOPE CHICAGO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAbhi Shah Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKiran Anjali Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN MARKET CORPORATION: $100 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.

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.

Jaya Charitable Found…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jaya Charitable FoundationMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jaya Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Mehta Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mehta Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Mehta Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mehta Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 27 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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