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Rupa and Bharat B Bhatt Foundation at a glance

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Rupa and Bharat B Bhatt 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.

$209k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$11k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$252kEducation$114kFood & Nutrition$64kCivil Rights$50kHealth$48kCrime & Legal$40kArts & Culture$35kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $161k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAPS CHARITIES INC$11,000
CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION$10,000
FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA$10,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$10,000
NATIONAL CELIAC ASSOCIATION$10,000
THE SECOND STEP$10,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFTEY SUPPORT FUND$10,000
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$10,000
FEEDING AMERICA$10,000
AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC$10,000
NPR$10,000
GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK$10,000
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$10,000
THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND$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 (FY18–24, $236k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $111k → 8%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $63k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $5k → 8%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $25k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 8%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $16k → 8%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $11k → 8%BAPS CHARITIES INC: $1k → 8%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
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$505k · 23 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
12

Total granted

$505k
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionHealthCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • BAPS CHARITIES INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $226k · revenue +15%
  • CD
    CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +77%
  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +17%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +33%
  • TN
    THE NEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASES FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
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
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Bread-the Walk for Hunger Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Winsor School. 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

35 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. 35 of the 43 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAPS CHARITIES INC: $226,111 · Human ServicesBAPS CHARITIES INCCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 · EducationNEW YORK INSTITUTE O…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 · EducationPresident and Fellow…Yale University: $5,000 · EducationCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $3,000 · EducationGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $21,000 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BA…NPR: $15,000 · OtherNPRTHE SECOND STEP INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE SECOND STEP INCSPRUCE PEAK ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · OtherTHE NEW YORK TIMES NEEDIEST CASES FUND: $5,000 · OtherSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 · OtherSave The Children Fede…RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $7,000 · OtherTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $12,000 · OtherTHE NEW YORK TIMES COM…THE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOU…UTEC Inc: $8,000 · OtherUTEC IncCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 · Other+12 more: $15,650 · Other+12 moreSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Crime & LegalSANDY HOO…EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalEVERYTOWN…AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $15,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICANS…CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $22,000 · HealthNATIONAL CELIAC ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $22,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & NutritionGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $20,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Human Services$236,111Education$123,000Other$136,650Crime & Legal$55,000Health$47,000Food & Nutrition$43,000Civil Rights$35,000

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 budgetBAPS CHARITIES INC: $226,111 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CELIAC ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE SECOND STEP INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTEC Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND STEP INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOWE LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnections Education Center of the Palm Beaches Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUDUBON EVERGLADES INC: $500 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

American Tower Corpor…National Philanthropi…Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
American Tower Corporation Foundation IncMA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · 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 Rupa and Bharat B Bhatt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rupa and Bharat B Bhatt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Second Step Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Stowe Land Trust: 10% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 43 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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