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Roopa & Subhash Makhija Foundation at a glance

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Roopa & Subhash Makhija 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.

$250k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$138kArts & Culture$103kFood & Nutrition$92kHealth$38kInternational$37kHuman Services$20kReligion$10kScience & Tech$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $152k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$604k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION$51,500
SAMATVA INC$50,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$50,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND MEDICINE$25,000
THE U-GO INITIATIVE$12,500
Individual grant recipient$12,500
RADHA MADHAV SOCIETY$10,000
KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$10,000
HOMEWORKS TRENTON$10,000
EMPTY HANDS$5,000
OVERLOOK FOUNDATION$5,000
SPK ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC$2,000
WESTFIELD SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION$2,000
HELP FOUNDATION$1,000
RUBONAMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE U-GO INITIATIVE: $13k → 11%INDEPENDENCE FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $3k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 7%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 7%LOISAIDA INC: $1k → 17%MOMS HELPING MOMS: $500 → 10%LOISAIDA INC: $1k → 17%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

VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
GA
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$358k · 17 repeat orgs$206k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
29

Total granted

$358k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+7%

Still filing today

59%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalEducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AP
    AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $62k · revenue +15%
  • SI
    Sewa International Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $32k · revenue +47%
  • University of Chicago
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • MS
    MANAV SADHNA
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -38%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $11k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - ODYSSEY CHALLENGE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Shadhika Project

Shadhika believes in a future where each person in India can choose their own path to meaning, purpose, and happiness. Through global philanthropy and in-country programming, Shadhika believes that education is the most effective vehicle…

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2
Intelehealth Inc

Intelehealth leverages open-source technology for Governments, NGOs and Hospitals to seamlessly connect 'hard to reach' populations with high quality primary healthcare. Health organizations all over the world have used our technology to…

International
3
Shiv Nadar Foundation

Shiv Nadar Foundation provides access to higher education tounderprivileged students and funds to other charitable organizations to supporteducation, research, social policies for women empowerment, affordable healthcareservices, medical…

Education
4
Sanitation and Health Rights in India

SHRI fights alongside communities to end open defecation as a key step in an ongoing struggle for health equity and soical and economic justice.

International
5
The American India Foundation

The american india foundation(aif) is a nonprofit american development organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in india.

Public Safety & Disaster
6
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
7
India Foundation

Healthcare and education for the needy

Human Services
8
Indiaspora

Transforming the success of the indian diaspora into meaningful impact worldwide.

Human Services
9
Indo American Development and Health Organization
International
10
Amrita-Seattle

NGO that is dedicated to providing basic education, nutrition, healthcare and clean water solutions to underprivileged communities in India and US with the objective of empowering children and youth from

International
11
Sajjadiyya Foundation Limited

The purpose and mission of the sajjadiyya foundation limited is to enhance the availability of quality education, health care and social services to those in need so that they have a stable base upon which to build healthy and productive…

Human Services
12
Friends of Teach for India Inc

Empowering mobilizers like teach for india with intellectual, human, and financial resources to eliminate educational inequity in india.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in; the most unlike its peers is Samatva Inc. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 54 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)
26/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $50,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOMANAV SADHNA: $25,000 · OtherMANAV SADHNAJOHN HOPKINS: $20,000 · OtherJOHN HOPKINSKAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherKAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherRADHA MADHAV SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - ODYSSEY CHALLENGE: $10,000 · OtherEMPTY HANDS: $10,000 · Other+25 more: $40,046 · Other+25 moreSAMATVA INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSAMATVA INCSILICON ANDHRA: $13,000 · Arts & CultureSILICON ANDHRATHE SPK ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE SPK ACADEMY OF …JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKIN…University of Chicago: $20,000 · EducationUniversity o…HomeWorks Trenton: $15,000 · EducationHomeWorks Tr…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $61,500 · Food & NutritionAKSHAYA PATR…Sewa International Inc: $31,500 · Human ServicesSewa Intern…U-GO INITIATIVE: $12,500 · Human ServicesU-GO INITIA…CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $5,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR …THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT M…Loisaida Inc: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesPRATHAM USA: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHELP FOUNDATION INC: $2,900 · PhilanthropyOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $1,000 · Health
Other$273,546Arts & Culture$95,500Education$62,000Food & Nutrition$61,500Human Services$57,500Philanthropy$7,900Health$6,000

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 budgetSAMATVA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $61,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSewa International Inc: $31,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHomeWorks Trenton: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSILICON ANDHRA: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetU-GO INITIATIVE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SPK ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRATHAM USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PAULS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHELP FOUNDATION INC: $2,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLoisaida Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independence Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO HAITI PROJECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women 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.

  • Who funds SAMATVA INC ↗
  • Who funds AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA) ↗
  • Who funds Sewa International Inc ↗
  • Who funds MANAV SADHNA ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds HomeWorks Trenton ↗
  • Who funds SILICON ANDHRA ↗
  • Who funds U-GO INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds THE SPK ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds OVERLOOK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRATHAM USA ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds ST PAULS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds HELP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN ↗
  • Who funds Loisaida Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA ↗

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Roopa & Subhash Makhija Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roopa & Subhash Makhija Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • HomeWorks Trenton: 6% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in: 0% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Roopa & Subhash Makhija 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 54 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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