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Narula 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.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$17kReligion$8kInternational$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kHuman Services$3kFood & Nutrition$3kPhilanthropy$2kCivil Rights$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
7
States reached
$427k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITA$500
UNICEF$500
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LA$500
UNICEF$500
Individual grant recipient$500
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$500
ARYA BAL GREH DARYA$397
CONVENT HOUSE$300
AMERICAN RED CROSS$300
ARMAN ROY FOUNDATION$300
MISC$266
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$250
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER$250
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$250
ST JOSEPH SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$250
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.

US giving: 68% of grant dollars ($54k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 32% that went abroad ($25k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO: $200 → 11%KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO: $200 → 11%KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO: $200 → 11%KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO: $100 → 11%KIDS TURN SAN DIEGO: $100 → 11%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
MI
NY
IA
OH
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 32% of all-years giving ($25k)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$25k · 30 grants
Eswatini$400 · 4 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$54k · 51 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

51 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
38

Total granted

$54k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+36%

Still filing today

20%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $4k · revenue +125%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    7× · 2018–2024 · $4k · revenue +47%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    7× · 2018–2024 · $3k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • TS
    THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -20%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
2
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
3
American Heart Association Inc

The american heart association's mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.

Health
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
7
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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12
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Plainfield Area Humane Society. 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

24 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. 24 of the 92 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $14,815 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMONO 396: $3,207 · OtherMONO 396MISC: $3,201 · OtherMISCSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $3,150 · OtherARYA BAL GREH DARYA: $2,992 · OtherPRIDE STRIDE 2017: $2,010 · Other+68 more: $29,821 · Other+68 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,650 · HealthChildren's H…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $450 · Health+3 more: $600 · Health+3 moreUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,600 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 · InternationalPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $200 · International+1 more: $140 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,100 · Human ServicesKids Turn San Diego: $800 · Human ServicesSHEPHERDS PANTRY: $2,075 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $100 · Food & NutritionUNITED WAY INC: $600 · PhilanthropyInland Empire Community Foundation: $500 · PhilanthropySRI GURU SINGH SABHA INC: $550 · Religion
Other$59,196Health$8,700International$4,240Human Services$3,900Food & Nutrition$2,175Philanthropy$1,100Religion$550

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $2,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERDS PANTRY: $2,075 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids Turn San Diego: $800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSRI GURU SINGH SABHA INC: $550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInland Empire Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $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.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Kids Turn San Diego ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds SRI GURU SINGH SABHA INC ↗
  • Who funds Inland Empire Community Foundation ↗

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.

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Narula Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Narula Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 92 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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