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Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$701kEducation$654kReligion$44kArts & Culture$28kFood & Nutrition$27kRecreation & Sports$9kInternational$9kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,001
Median grant
9
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFONIA$25,000
APPOLLO HOSPITAL$5,975
DAKSHINI$5,000
GOFUNDMEORG$3,500
SRI PANCHAMUKHA HANUMAN TEMPLE$3,002
AMERICAN RED CROSS$3,000
VALLEY BENGALI CLUB (VBC)$2,000
PROJECT ANGEL FOOD$1,500
BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA WEST$1,500
PALOS VERDES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB$1,200
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS$1,001
VEDANTA SOCIETY$1,001
SAE FOUNDATION$1,000
FEEDING AMERICA$1,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$1,000
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.

US giving: 19% of grant dollars ($282k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 81% that went abroad ($1.2M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%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

IL
MI
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
DC
OK
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 81% of all-years giving ($1.2M)

2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$1.2M · 10 grants
United Kingdom$1k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 23% of Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 81% 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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$814k · 16 repeat orgs$578k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
25

Total granted

$814k
$568k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+52%

Still filing today

56%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • RF
    ROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $18k · revenue +24%
  • BA
    BENGALI ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    3× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +95%
  • PA
    PROJECT ANGEL FOOD
    2× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • UC
    U C BERKLEY
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
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
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
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
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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4
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
5
Direct Relief

Direct relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies - without regard to politics, religion, or…

International
6
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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7
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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8
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
9
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
10
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
11
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
12
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Palos Verdes High School Booster Club. 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

19 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. 19 of the 50 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT): $700,000 · OtherINDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT)U C BERKLEY: $200,000 · OtherU C BERKLEYIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+32 more: $122,683 · Other+32 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $110,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…ROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $17,902 · EducationROESSLER-C…PALOS VERDES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB: $9,105 · EducationPALOS VERD…PROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $13,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthRADIUS BOOKS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC: $500 · Arts & CultureBRAC USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 · InternationalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesGOFUNDMEORG: $3,500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,322,683Education$137,007Health$15,000Arts & Culture$10,500International$8,000Human Services$5,000Philanthropy$3,500

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $17,902 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENGALI ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $15,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRADIUS BOOKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPALOS VERDES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB: $9,105 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBRAC USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA WEST CA: $3,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE HALL OF FAME INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGERMAN SHEPHERD SAFE HAVEN INC: $500 over 1y, 15% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds ROESSLER-CHADWICK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BENGALI ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
  • Who funds RADIUS BOOKS INC ↗
  • Who funds PALOS VERDES HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds BRAC USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GOFUNDMEORG ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA WEST CA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 50 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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