Missouri · Private foundation
PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $132k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $556k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $132k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $31k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $30k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $67k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $12k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $40k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $94k | 29% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $107,500 | 4 | 0% |
| John Burroughs School | $97,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Rossman School | $65,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $31,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Forsyth School Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $16,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bay Harbor Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $107,500 | 4 | 0% |
| John Burroughs School | $97,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Rossman School | $65,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School | $58,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $31,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Forsyth School Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $16,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bay Harbor Foundation | $12,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Great Lakes Center for the Arts | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Magic House | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American India Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Missouri | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Room to Read | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Regional Public Media Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| City Academy Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesterfield Day School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($43k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation
- How much does PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation give?
- PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $131,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Health (13%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($108k), John Burroughs School ($98k), Rossman School ($65k).
- Does PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Moneta Group Charitable Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Edward Jones Foundation.
- Where is PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation based?
- PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation is based in MO.
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