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PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$387kHealth$69kPhilanthropy$33kArts & Culture$30kFood & Nutrition$4kInternational$3kRecreation & Sports$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$556k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$100,000
JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL$10,500
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$4,500
ROSSMAN SCHOOL$3,500
BAY HARBOR FOUNDATION$2,500
GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR THE ARTS$2,500
MIT$2,500
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS$2,500
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$1,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC$500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI$500
NINE PBS$500
ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $500) 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.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 → 14%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
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
MO
TN
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$516k · 20 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$516k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+74%

Still filing today

75%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • JB
    JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $98k · revenue +62%
  • RS
    ROSSMAN SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +32%
  • MI
    Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School
    6× · 2017–2023 · $58k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +33%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +113%
  • FA
    FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +74%
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
4
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
5
Manhattanville University

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

Education
6
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
7
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
8
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
9
Lehigh University

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…

Education
10
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
11
University of Miami

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

Education
12
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Magic House; the most unlike its peers is Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance. 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

26 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. 26 of the 34 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
16/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $107,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $97,500 · EducationJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOLMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $58,000 · EducationMary Institute and St Louis Country Day SchoolFORSYTH SCHOOL INC: $19,000 · EducationFORSYTH SCHOOL INC+3 more: $2,500 · EducationROSSMAN SCHOOL: $65,000 · OtherROSSMAN SCHOOLMIT: $21,500 · OtherMITUniversity of Michigan: $16,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $8,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $7,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANSAINT LOUIS FOOD BANK: $4,250 · Other+7 more: $4,200 · OtherMISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · HealthMISSOURI BA…American Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthAmerican He…+4 more: $3,100 · Health+4 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $31,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…BAY HARBOR FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyBAY HARBO…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $750 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNorthwestern University: $3,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$284,500Other$126,450Health$53,100Philanthropy$45,000Arts & Culture$15,750Public Safety & Disaster$3,000Recreation & Sports$3,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $107,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $97,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetROSSMAN SCHOOL: $65,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $58,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI BAPTIST HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $31,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFORSYTH SCHOOL INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $16,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBAY HARBOR FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAGIC HOUSE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOM TO READ: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTERFIELD DAY SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 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.

Moneta Group Charitab…The Blackbaud Giving …Edward Jones Foundati…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…Commerce Bancshares F…St Louis Community Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Moneta Group Charitable FoundationMO15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from PJ and Mary Ann Desai Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home