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Sanjay Shah 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.

$234k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$26,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$198,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 99
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sanjay Shah Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalHealthOther
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 arriving3$234k0%
FY20243$168k0%
FY20236$150k50%
FY20228$196k13%
FY202110$267k40%
FY202099$191k95%
FY20194$429k50%
FY20186$220k83%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.0MHousing & Shelter$460kEducation$215kHuman Services$84kArts & Culture$72kInternational$34kEmployment$25kFood & Nutrition$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

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

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All grantees of Sanjay Shah Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fellowship Housing Corporation$440,00037%
William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation$128,00071%
College of Dupage Foundation$70,00060%
Indiaspora$45,00053%
New Moms Inc$30,50040%
Northwest Community Music Academy$30,00031%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$25,00010%
Dupage Children's Museum$20,00010%
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation$20,00011%
Glen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center$10,00014%
World Central Kitchen Inc$10,00010%
Berklee College of Music Inc$5,00010%
La Casa Norte$5,00010%
Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists$4,00020%
The Night Ministry$2,50020%
Human-I-T$1,50010%
Vernon Township Food Pantry Inc$1,00020%
Breakthrough Urban Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Forefront$85010%
City House Inc$50010%
Acres of Diamonds$50010%
White Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank$50010%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$5001n/a
Compassionate Communities for Children$50010%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$50010%
St Leos Parish$5001n/a
Food Lifeline$50010%
Upward Bound House$50010%
West Seattle Food Bank$50010%
American Indian Center$50010%
Downtown Women's Center$50010%
Westside Food Bank$50010%
The Sophia Way$50010%
Oliviadrucares$50013%
Lemons of Love Inc$50010%
Urban Growers Collective Inc$50010%
Community Crisis Center Inc$50010%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$50010%
Beyond Hunger$50010%
Burlington-Hampshire Area Food Pantry$50011%
The Chicago Help Initiative$50010%
The Englert Civic Theatre Inc$50010%
Fueled For School$50010%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$25010%
Harvest Hope Food Bank$24010%

Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sanjay Shah Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFellowship Housing Corporation: $440,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetWilliam Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation: $128,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCollege of Dupage Foundation: $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetIndiaspora: $45,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetNew Moms Inc: $30,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Community Music Academy: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDupage Children's Museum: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInner-City Computer Stars Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGlen Ellyn Childrens Resource Center: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerklee College of Music Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Casa Norte: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance Against Intoxicated Motorists: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Night Ministry: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHuman-I-T: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVernon Township Food Pantry Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBreakthrough Urban Ministries Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForefront: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAcres of Diamonds: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Center Emergency Food Association White Center Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassionate Communities for Children: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Lifeline: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpward Bound House: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Seattle Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian Center: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestside Food Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sophia Way: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOliviadrucares: $500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLemons of Love Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Growers Collective Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Crisis Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Hunger: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurlington-Hampshire Area Food Pantry: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Chicago Help Initiative: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Englert Civic Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFueled For School: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarvest Hope Food Bank: $240 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 43.

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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.

Motorola Solutions FoundationIL20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Motorola Solutions Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Usg Foundation Inc · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Omron Foundation Inc · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Sanjay Shah Foundation

How much does Sanjay Shah Foundation give?
Sanjay Shah Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $234,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 99 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sanjay Shah Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (52%), Housing & Shelter (24%), Education (11%).
Who are Sanjay Shah Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fellowship Housing Corporation ($440k), William Rainey Harper College Educational Foundation ($128k), College of Dupage Foundation ($70k).
Does Sanjay Shah Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sanjay Shah 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 Sanjay Shah Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Motorola Solutions Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, The Dupage Community Foundation.
Where is Sanjay Shah Foundation based?
Sanjay Shah Foundation is based in IL.

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 116 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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