Illinois · Private foundation
Sohum 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.
- $369k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,175
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Sohum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $369k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $329k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $320k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $289k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand in Hand USA | $457,400 | 4 | 21% |
| Indego Africa Project | $275,500 | 5 | 12% |
| Kriya Yoga Institute Inc | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Kopelion Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Friends of Kafika House F/K/A Friends of the Plaster House | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Allpeoplebehappy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Sense | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact Grants Chicago | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand in Hand USA | $457,400 | 4 | 21% |
| Indego Africa Project | $275,500 | 5 | 12% |
| Kriya Yoga Institute Inc | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Kopelion Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Friends of Kafika House F/K/A Friends of the Plaster House | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Allpeoplebehappy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Sense | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| By The Hand Club For Kids | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Impact Grants Chicago | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Himalayan Academy | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($486k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sohum Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Sohum Foundation
- How much does Sohum Foundation give?
- Sohum Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $368,625 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sohum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (65%), Religion (13%), Health (3%).
- Who are Sohum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Hand in Hand USA ($457k), Indego Africa Project ($276k), Kriya Yoga Institute Inc ($65k).
- Does Sohum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sohum 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 Sohum Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sohum Foundation based?
- Sohum Foundation is based in IL.
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