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Sharon H Limaye 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.

$168k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$5.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Sharon H Limaye Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving23$168k43%
FY202421$171k24%
FY202318$144k33%
FY202221$84k38%
FY202126$108k58%
FY202023$148k43%
FY201925$94k76%
FY201818$52k61%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$274kEducation$251kEnvironment$158kYouth Development$153kPublic Safety & Disaster$97kPhilanthropy$83kInternational$59kHuman Services$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
NE
WV
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
LA
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.

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All grantees of Sharon H Limaye Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
International Institute for Energy Conservation$130,40063%
Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education$130,30050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$87,00090%
Episcopal Academy$76,66060%
Stand Up to Cancer$70,00040%
Phillies Charities Inc$64,85031%
Plan International USA Inc$43,19290%
Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum$11,25023%
Pennsylvania Solar Center$10,52761%
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc$10,40020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$10,0001n/a
Williamson College of the Trades$10,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$10,00020%
Heights Philadelphia$10,00010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$10,00020%
Philabundance$10,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$9,75040%
Childfund International USA$9,65190%
Sixers Youth Foundation$9,40011%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,40030%
Aclamo$5,08650%
Steppingstone Scholars Inc$5,0001n/a
Icivics Inc$5,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$4,40060%
Delaware County Advocacy & Resource Organization$4,22511%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,50010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Just Keep Livin Foundation$2,50010%
Trevor Project Inc$2,50020%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$2,40030%
Inglis House$2,00010%
American Philatelic Foundation$2,0001n/a
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Arc of Delaware Inc$1,5001n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$1,25010%
Vincera Foundation$1,16011%
The Barnes Foundation$1,15010%
Whitemarsh Boat Club$1,1151n/a
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$1,00010%
The Christopher M Fuga Memorial Foundation$1,00011%
A Leg to Stand on Inc$1,00010%
Travis Manion Foundation$1,00010%
Children and Adult Disability and Educational Services$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Hockey Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$1,00010%
Germination Project$79111%
Feeding America$56540%
Institute on Aging$50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50010%
American Heart Association Inc$50010%
Helphopelive Inc$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
National Park Foundation$50010%
Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA$50010%
Living Beyond Breast Cancer$50010%
University of California San Francisco$5001n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$50010%
North Carolina Outward Bound School$50010%
Mastiffs To Mutts$5001n/a
Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley$5001n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$35020%
The Dan Marino Foundation Inc$35010%
Radnor Conservancy$33520%
St James School$2571n/a
Philadelphia Museum of Art$25010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$25010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$20920%
Whyy Inc$16020%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$13910%
The Arc of Hunterdon County$10010%
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation$10010%
New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation Inc$10010%
Covenant House$7620%
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology$7520%
Sierra Club$6020%
Breakthrough T1d$3010%
American Philatelic Society$2510%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2510%
Mercy Corps$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sharon H Limaye Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInternational Institute for Energy Conservation: $130,400 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetEd Snider Youth Hockey & Education: $130,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $87,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $76,660 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetStand Up to Cancer: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhillies Charities Inc: $64,850 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPlan International USA Inc: $43,192 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum: $11,250 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetPennsylvania Solar Center: $10,527 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetEagles Autism Challenge Inc: $10,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWilliamson College of the Trades: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeights Philadelphia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $9,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildfund International USA: $9,651 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSixers Youth Foundation: $9,400 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $5,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAclamo: $5,086 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIcivics Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $4,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware County Advocacy & Resource Organization: $4,225 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJust Keep Livin Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInglis House: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVincera Foundation: $1,160 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christopher M Fuga Memorial Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetA Leg to Stand on Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren and Adult Disability and Educational Services: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGermination Project: $791 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFeeding America: $565 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute on Aging: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelphopelive Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $500 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 70.

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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.

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New JerseyPA16.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The William Penn Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Sharon H Limaye Foundation

How much does Sharon H Limaye Foundation give?
Sharon H Limaye Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $167,849 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sharon H Limaye Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Education (22%), Environment (14%).
Who are Sharon H Limaye Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Institute for Energy Conservation ($130k), Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education ($130k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($87k).
Does Sharon H Limaye Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sharon H Limaye 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 Sharon H Limaye Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Sharon H Limaye Foundation based?
Sharon H Limaye Foundation is based in PA.

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 102 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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