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Shg 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.

$82k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$177kEducation$153kInternational$116kHuman Services$115kArts & Culture$77kEnvironment$46kRecreation & Sports$45kHousing & Shelter$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$869k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
U-GO$20,000
AKSHAYA PATRAhome of hope$10,000
ROOM TO READ$10,000
ASHAJYOTHI USA$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR PROMOTION OF SPORTSG$10,000
ENACTE ARTS$5,000
AROGYA WORLD$5,000
GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB$5,000
FREE BOOKS FOR KIDS$4,000
AIM FOR SEVA$2,500
VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY$500
Individual grant recipient$200
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, $159k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AIM FOR SEVA: $3k → 12%GIVE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 9%INDIASPORA: $50k → 10%VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY: $500 → 9%AIM FOR SEVA: $1k → 12%INDIASPORA: $50k → 10%SEWA INTERNATIONAL INC: $5k → 16%NEW STORY: $25k → 10%NEW STORY: $10k → 10%A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $5k → 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
WA
NY
MA
PA
CA
DE
NM
DC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Shg Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 66% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 63%.

Shg Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$509k · 15 repeat orgs$409k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
24

Total granted

$509k
$388k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+93%
+4%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • I
    INDIASPORA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +93%
  • RT
    ROOM TO READ
    4× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +37%
  • NS
    NEW STORY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $35k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • RK
    ROBERT KATENDE FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • HT
    Hack the Hood Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $44k · revenue +75%
  • AB
    ANITA B
    one grant, 2021 · $44k
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
Annapurna Global Foundation
Philanthropy
2
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
3
Nalanda 20

Improve excellence and access in higher education. Current focus is on India. Thus, Nalanda 2.0's current focus is to make India's higher education system world-class by building a world-class multidisciplinary research university,…

Education
4
The Desai Foundation
Education
5
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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6
Avasara Foundation Fka the Leadership Foundation of India

Form 990 - organization's mission we are a non-profit organization whose mission is to invest in and empower the next generation of women leaders in india. we primarily carry out our mission by supporting the students from india…

Education
7
Educate Girls

Educate Girls promotes and protects the right of girls to a quality education and works by supporting partners in geographies where the need is greatest to mobilize communities, enroll girls into school and improve learning outcomes. Our…

International
8
Iisc Foundation

The specific purpose, mission, and activity of the corporation is to secure funding for promoting education, research, technology development, startup incubation, acceleration, and translational research at the indian institute of science…

Education
9
Farmers for Forests Inc

The mission of Farmers for Forests (F4F) is to restore and protect green cover in India in close partnership with farmers and indigenous communities. All the on-ground work is enabled by AI and multi-spectral drone technology and satellite…

Human Services
10
Us-India Policy Institute

Us-india policy institute (usipi)undertaking policy research on diversity and inclusive developments in india and the usa. usipis vision for equal access to freedom,justice, and opportunity in india rests on its three pillars; research &…

Arts & Culture
11
Satyagraha Foundation
Religion
12
India Foundation

Healthcare and education for the needy

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa); the most unlike its peers is Free Books for Kids Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 46 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)
11
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

U-GO: $80,000 · OtherU-GOROBERT KATENDE FUND: $50,000 · OtherROBERT KATENDE FUNDANITA B: $44,000 · OtherANITA BJUST READ: $30,000 · OtherJUST READAKSHAYA PATRAhome of hope: $20,000 · OtherAGASTYA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherKAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S FOUNDA: $20,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND GAMES: $30,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND GAMESBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 · OtherBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEV…AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $20,000 · Other+11 more: $68,700 · Other+11 moreINDIASPORA: $100,000 · Human ServicesINDIASPORANEW STORY INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesNEW STORY INCGIVE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGIVE FOUNDATION I…+5 more: $19,000 · Human Services+5 moreROOM TO READ: $65,000 · EducationROOM TO READPROJECT TF: $25,000 · EducationPROJECT TFFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $25,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR …BLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $25,000 · EducationBLACK GIRLS COD…FREE BOOKS FOR KIDS INC: $5,000 · EducationAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $106,960 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE…TAMIL NADU FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTAMIL NADU FOUN…SAI AASHRAYA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropySAI AASHRAYA IN…HOPEWELL FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL FUNDHack the Hood Inc: $44,000 · Arts & CultureHack the H…EnActe Arts Inc: $32,500 · Arts & CultureEnActe Art…COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $19,000 · Arts & CultureCOMPUTER H…2041 FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $35,000 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Health Coalition: $10,000 · EnvironmentThe Nudge Foundation: $25,000 · InternationalPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 · InternationalAROGYA INC DBA AROGYA WORLD: $5,000 · International
Other$407,700Human Services$164,000Education$145,000Philanthropy$136,960Arts & Culture$95,500Environment$45,000International$40,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $106,960 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINDIASPORA: $100,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetROOM TO READ: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHack the Hood Inc: $44,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budget2041 FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $35,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetNEW STORY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnActe Arts Inc: $32,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR PROMOTION OF SPORTS AND GAMES: $30,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetJUST READ: $30,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetPROJECT TF: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBUSINESSES UNITED IN INVESTING LENDING & DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Nudge Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM: $19,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTAMIL NADU FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAI AASHRAYA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASHAJYOTHI USA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE INSTITUTE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAROGYA INC DBA AROGYA WORLD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREE BOOKS FOR KIDS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetALL INDIA MOVEMENT FOR SEVA INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VERMONT RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $500 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Bright Funds Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Motwani Jadeja Family…Dhanam FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Raj Family Private Fo…The Naren & Vinita Gu…Rippleworks IncThe David and Lucile …American Endowment Fo…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA22.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Bright Funds Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation · Dhanam Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raj Family Private Foundation · The Naren & Vinita Gupta Foundation · Rippleworks Inc · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · American Endowment 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 Shg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • The Vermont River Conservancy Inc: 21% of income from government
  • The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis: 17% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Shg Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Shg 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 46 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home