Minnesota · Private foundation
Syal Foundation Inc
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.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Syal Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 8 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $79k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $89k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $84k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $14k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $11k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $14k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $18k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewa-Aifw | $125,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Chance Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 12% |
| My Very Own Bed | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Heartlink | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gita Ashram | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Homeless Outreach Team of Stark Cou | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Casting for Recovery | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asian Women United of Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Child's Place of Charlotte Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Can Do Canines | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewa-Aifw | $125,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Chance Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 12% |
| My Very Own Bed | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Heartlink | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gita Ashram | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Homeless Outreach Team of Stark Cou | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Casting for Recovery | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Asian Women United of Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Child's Place of Charlotte Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Can Do Canines | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shri Gaayatri Mandir | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bodhicitta Sangha Heart of Enlightenment Institute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Stepping Stone Emergency Housing | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Mexico of the Orthodox Church | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pillsbury United Communities | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| H2o for Life | $2,200 | 1 | 0% |
| House Springs Preservation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Love First | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hindu Society of Minnesota | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Babies Born Addicted | $1,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Mounds View Public | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Library Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jazba Entertainment | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Syal Foundation Inc 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 Syal Foundation Inc
- How much does Syal Foundation Inc give?
- Syal Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $106,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Syal Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Religion (12%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are Syal Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sewa-Aifw ($125k), Chance Foundation ($15k), My Very Own Bed ($12k).
- Does Syal Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Syal Foundation Inc 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 Syal Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Syal Foundation Inc based?
- Syal Foundation Inc is based in MN.
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