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Pirzada Family Foundation at a glance

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Pirzada 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.

$33k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$116kEducation$62kScience & Tech$45kFood & Nutrition$14kCivil Rights$13kPhilanthropy$11kHuman Services$11kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$560
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
I-CARE FUND AMERICA INC$4,000
FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC$3,000
UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC$3,000
SKIDMORE COLLEGE$2,500
UIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION$2,000
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$2,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$2,000
THE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY$1,500
MARTHA'S KITCHEN$1,000
ESCUELA XOCHITL TONATIUH INC DBA SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL$1,000
OMARS DREAM FOUNDATION$1,000
DOWNTOWN STREETS INC DBA DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM$1,000
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE$1,000
KQED INC$600
FRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC$560
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 (FY18–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICE: $250 → 10%MILLIONAIR CLUB INC DBA UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $525 → 9%HEART WOMEN & GIRLS: $1k → 14%SALAAM FOOD PANTRY: $1k → 10%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $500 → 9%SALAAM FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 10%HEART WOMEN & GIRLS: $3k → 14%HEART WOMEN & GIRLS: $517 → 14%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $1k → 14%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $1k → 8%SACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1k → 8%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $1k → 8%RAHIMA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $512 → 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
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$256k · 38 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
37

Total granted

$256k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+2%

Still filing today

76%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    4× · 2019–2022 · $70k · revenue +67%
  • SC
    SKIDMORE COLLEGE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $19k · revenue +18%
  • TT
    THE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $9k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -2%
  • HT
    HEART TO HEART FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
2
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
5
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
6
The Malala Fund

We work to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. by completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own life…

Education
7
Human Rights Watch Inc

Human rights watch ("hrw") defends the rights of people worldwide. we scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. human rights watch is an independent,…

International
8
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
9
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
10
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
11
University of California San Francisco Foundation

Organization's mission ====================== the university of california, san francisco(ucsf) is among the world's leading universities dedicated to advancing health worldwide through biomedical research, graduate-level education in the…

Education
12
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Affairs Council of Northern California; the most unlike its peers is Salaam Food Pantry. 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

59 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. 59 of the 84 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/59
Grantees still filing
39/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIRECT RELIEF: $70,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFINTERNATIONAL HOUSE: $7,759 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL HOUSEI-CARE FUND AMERICA INC: $7,750 · InternationalI-CARE FUND AMERICA INCUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $7,628 · InternationalUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INCSave The Children Federation Inc: $4,278 · International+13 more: $16,316 · International+13 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUND: $43,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY F…I-CARE FOUNDATION: $8,050 · OtherI-CARE FOUNDATIONAgnes Scott College: $8,000 · OtherAgnes Scott CollegeVIGILANT LOVE (THROUGH NETWORK FOR GOOD): $4,200 · Other+38 more: $33,402 · Other+38 moreSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $18,500 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $11,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR…THE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $8,500 · EducationTHE TOWER FOUNDATION …THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,956 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUM…OMARS DREAM FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationOMARS DREAM FOUNDATIO…ESCUELA XOCHITL TONATIUH INC: $5,000 · EducationESCUELA XOCHITL TONAT…+1 more: $260 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $4,288 · Human ServicesHEART Women & Girls: $4,067 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S KITCHEN: $2,025 · Human ServicesSALAAM FOOD PANTRY: $1,500 · Human ServicesUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $1,025 · Human ServicesSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1,020 · Human ServicesRAHIMA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $512 · Human Services+2 more: $500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · Civil RightsMUSLIM ADVOCATES: $4,500 · Civil RightsKQED INC: $4,818 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $503 · Arts & CultureHEART TO HEART FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthThe American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama: $2,031 · HealthFRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC: $560 · Health+1 more: $100 · Health
International$113,731Other$96,652Education$57,216Human Services$14,937Civil Rights$11,500Arts & Culture$5,321Health$5,191

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOWER FOUNDATION OF SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAgnes Scott College: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $7,956 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HOUSE: $7,759 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetI-CARE FUND AMERICA INC: $7,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $7,628 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOMARS DREAM FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetESCUELA XOCHITL TONATIUH INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $4,818 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMUSLIM ADVOCATES: $4,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $4,288 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $4,278 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEART Women & Girls: $4,067 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $2,935 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SILICON VALLEY: $2,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama: $2,031 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMARTHA'S KITCHEN: $2,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Human Development Foundation of North America: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSALAAM FOOD PANTRY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetELEPHANT HAVENS WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $1,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART COMMUNITY SERVICE: $1,020 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNAR FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARDEN TO TABLE SILICON VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKoshish Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ZAKAT FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $858 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF INDUS HOSPITAL INC: $560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAHIMA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $512 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $503 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGA KHAN FOUNDATION USA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMRAN KHAN CANCER APPEAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN SV CONNECT: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetIMAMIA MEDICS INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 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.

Bright Funds Foundati…Good Planet FoundationZakia and Mian Family…Yaqub Family Foundati…American Muslim Commu…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raghib Family Foundat…Sunlight GivingSilicon Valley Commun…United Way WorldwideNational Philanthropi…The William & Flora H…
Bright Funds FoundationCA21.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bright Funds Foundation · Good Planet Foundation · Zakia and Mian Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Yaqub Family Foundation · American Muslim Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raghib Family Foundation · Sunlight Giving · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · United Way Worldwide · National Philanthropic Trust · The William & Flora Hewlett 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 Pirzada Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pirzada Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 Pirzada Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pirzada 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 84 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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