· Private foundation
Om and Saraswati Bahethi Foundation USA 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $32k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VASFA | $12,192 |
| NOVA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION | $12,000 |
| COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | $5,000 |
| WELLESLEY COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| COLUMBIA COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| TOWSON UNIVERSITY | $2,250 |
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | $2,000 |
| JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| RICE UNIVERSITY | $1,750 |
| JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | $1,500 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $1,250 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | $1,250 |
| EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | $1,000 |
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 (FY21–21, $251) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +132% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMMNA SCHOLARSHIP FUND2× · 2020–2023 · $45k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND2× · 2022–2024 · $14k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA2× · 2022–2024 · $11k
Funded once
- AMAMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2019 · $250k
- IIIDOODLEEDU INCone grant, 2022 · $67k
- VSVA SPACE FLIGHT ACADEMYone grant, 2023 · $25k
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 university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…
Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 60 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.
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How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Om and Saraswati Bahethi Foundation USA Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Om and Saraswati Bahethi Foundation USA Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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