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Rohit & Katharine 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.

$455k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2025
52
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$113,450
Organizations funded a year
27 to 52
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$6.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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

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EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$440k31%
FY202452$361k21%
FY202337$298k5%
FY202227$336k11%
FY202141$350k24%
FY202039$257k26%
FY201942$225k52%
FY201831$253k23%
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$978kEducation$630kRecreation & Sports$585kFood & Nutrition$291kHealth$137kEnvironment$57kReligion$49kHuman Services$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 77 grantees
All grantees of Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Manav Sadhna$287,500739%
Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc$270,38090%
Stoneleigh-Burnham School$121,00091%
Media Collective Inc$110,00039%
Entertainment 2 Affect Change$50,0001n/a
Riverside Theatre Inc$46,78490%
North Country School Inc$37,50070%
Indian River Hospital Foundation Inc$35,0007n/a
Utah Film Center$35,00010%
Atlantic Classical Orchestra Inc$30,74062%
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc$30,00050%
John's Island Community Service League Inc$29,60080%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$29,51020%
The Hotchkiss School$28,00020%
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation$24,63070%
Ballet Vero Beach Inc$24,50081%
The American Friends of Stowe Inc$23,00051%
American Mural Project Inc$22,52061%
Museum of the City of New York$20,00040%
Pratham USA$15,00020%
McKee Botanical Garden Inc$14,90090%
Circadium$14,00066%
The Asia Society$10,83560%
Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc$10,50051%
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute$10,00010%
Saint Edward's School Inc$10,00010%
Two East Sixty-Second Street Foundation$10,00010%
Edith Wharton Restoration Inc$9,50090%
Friends of Vancouver Foundation$7,50010%
Church of Christ Congregational$7,0003n/a
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society$7,00060%
The Howard University$6,00050%
Indian River Land Trust Inc$5,28050%
The Institute for American Indian Studies$5,0001n/a
Bard College$5,00010%
Sozo Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc$5,00010%
Girls With Impact Inc$5,00010%
Norfolk Community Association Inc$5,00015%
American Vaulting Association DBA Equestrian Vaulting USA$5,00031%
American Indian College Fund$4,50050%
Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc$4,2001n/a
The Public School of Germantown$4,00020%
Spelman College$4,00050%
Morehouse College$4,00050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00020%
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc$3,00030%
South Africa Partners Inc$2,50010%
University of Chicago$2,00410%
Human Impacts Institute Inc$2,0002n/a
Poets House Inc$2,00020%
The Woodlynde School Corporation$2,00010%
Search for Common Ground$2,00010%
Merton College Charitable Corporation$2,00020%
Henry Street Settlement$2,00010%
Sea Education Association Inc$1,50020%
The Land Institute$1,50020%
The Clark Foundation$1,37010%
Trevor Project Inc$1,00010%
Wine Empowered Inc$1,00027%
Illuminative Inc$1,00010%
Hill Top Preparatory School$1,00010%
Outward Bound Inc$1,00010%
The John's Island Foundation Inc$1,00010%
To Love a Canine Rescue Inc$1,0001n/a
White Columns Inc$1,00010%
Barrington Stage Company Inc$1,00010%
City Harvest Inc$1,00010%
Hill-Stead Museum$75020%
Norfolk Library Inc$65020%
Yale University$5001n/a
The Rockefeller University$50010%
American Diabetes Association$50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Indian River County Inc$50010%
Norfolk Foundation Inc$50010%
Interfaith America$50010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$47410%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 68 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetManav Sadhna: $287,500 over 7y, 39% of budgetVero Beach Museum of Art Inc: $270,380 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetStoneleigh-Burnham School: $121,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetMedia Collective Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetRiverside Theatre Inc: $46,784 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Country School Inc: $37,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUtah Film Center: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAtlantic Classical Orchestra Inc: $30,740 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetJacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJohn's Island Community Service League Inc: $29,600 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBrooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $29,510 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hotchkiss School: $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Botanic Garden Corporation: $24,630 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBallet Vero Beach Inc: $24,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetThe American Friends of Stowe Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Mural Project Inc: $22,520 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMuseum of the City of New York: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPratham USA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcKee Botanical Garden Inc: $14,900 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCircadium: $14,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetThe Asia Society: $10,835 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc: $10,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Edward's School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTwo East Sixty-Second Street Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEdith Wharton Restoration Inc: $9,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Vancouver Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPhiladelphia Animal Welfare Society: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Howard University: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIndian River Land Trust Inc: $5,280 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBard College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls With Impact Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorfolk Community Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetAmerican Vaulting Association DBA Equestrian Vaulting USA: $5,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Public School of Germantown: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMorehouse College: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Africa Partners Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,004 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoets House Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Woodlynde School Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSearch for Common Ground: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMerton College Charitable Corporation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHenry Street Settlement: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 68.

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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 Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY18.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Carwill Foundation · Akc Fund Inc · The William and Mary Greve Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

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About Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation

How much does Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation give?
Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $454,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (22%), Recreation & Sports (21%).
Who are Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Manav Sadhna ($288k), Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc ($270k), Stoneleigh-Burnham School ($121k).
Does Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rohit & Katharine 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 Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Indian River Community Foundation Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation.
Where is Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation based?
Rohit & Katharine Desai Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 117 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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