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Rama and Shashi Marda Foundation at a glance

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Rama and Shashi Marda 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$4.1MEducation$3.3MCivil Rights$700kReligion$250kHuman Services$126kInternational$81kPhilanthropy$50kEnvironment$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $141k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $725k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.2M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
trustee of univ of pa$550,000
Hospital For Special Surgery$350,000
TPIRC$300,000
coalition for radical life extensio$200,000
columbia university$175,000
st mary medical center$150,000
doylestown health foundation$100,000
betterhumans$100,000
ichan school of medicine$25,000
chinmaya mission tri state center$25,000
mass general hospital$25,000
american association for cancer res$20,000
breakthrough greater phildelphia$15,000
northampton senior center$11,000
american heart association$10,000
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 (FY18–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%relief from cancer: $5k → 10%wounded warrior project inc: $10k → 14%agape aids orphan care: $4k → 7%council rock senior citizen ASSN: $10k → 6%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
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DE
AZ
NC
DC
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.9M · 17 repeat orgs$624k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
26

Total granted

$7.9M
$472k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

53%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +11%
  • SM
    ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +4%
  • CF
    COALITION FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $470k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue -5%
  • PH
    princeton health foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k
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
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
2
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
3
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
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
6
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
7
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
8
Upmc

Support of subsidiary tax-exempt healthcare, education and research organizations (see schedule o)

Health
9
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
10
The Rockefeller University

The rockefeller university (the university) is a world renowned center for research and graduate education in the biomedical sciences, chemistry, bioinformatics, and physics. the university's 73 laboratories conduct both clinical and basic…

Education
11
Upmc Group

Healthcare, education, and research

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Doylestown Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Council Rock Senior Citizen Association. 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

25 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. 25 of the 51 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $2,100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREHospital For Special Surgery: $1,450,000 · OtherHospital For Special Surgerytrustee of univ of pa: $875,000 · Othertrustee of univ of paTPIRC: $700,000 · OtherTPIRCCOALITION FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION: $470,000 · OtherCOALITION FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSIONmass general hospital: $235,000 · Other+25 more: $756,849 · Other+25 moreST MARY MEDICAL CENTER: $1,388,000 · HealthST MARY MEDICAL CENTE…DOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOU…BETTERHUMANS INC: $100,000 · HealthBETTERHUMANS INC+4 more: $57,100 · HealthTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $225,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $100,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $40,000 · EducationTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $52,500 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 · InternationalPRATHAM USA: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCouncil Rock Senior Citizen Association: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesRELIEF FROM CANCER: $5,000 · Human ServicesAGAPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,936 · Human ServicesURBANITY DANCE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTENACITY INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$6,586,849Health$1,695,100Education$415,000International$77,500Philanthropy$30,000Human Services$28,936Arts & Culture$1,000Recreation & Sports$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $2,100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY MEDICAL CENTER: $1,388,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION: $470,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $225,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETTERHUMANS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $52,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $40,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMaximum Life Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRATHAM USA: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN CHILLIES ENTERTAINMENT CORP: $30,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY REDEEMER HEALTH SYSTEM: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil Rock Senior Citizen Association: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KINGSLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC: $5,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRELIEF FROM CANCER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAGAPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,936 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBANITY DANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTENACITY INC: $1,000 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 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds DOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds BETTERHUMANS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Maximum Life Foundation ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PRATHAM USA ↗
  • Who funds GREEN CHILLIES ENTERTAINMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLY REDEEMER HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds Council Rock Senior Citizen Association ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KINGSLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds GLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RELIEF FROM CANCER ↗

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 C…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC9.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Rama and Shashi Marda Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rama and Shashi Marda Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Urbanity Dance Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 51 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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