Maryland · Private foundation
The Amar Kartar 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $312k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Amar Kartar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $27k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $16k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guru Nanak Foundation of American | $10,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sikh Human Development Foundation | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| C&O Canal Trust Inc | $1,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland State Bar Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Supreme Court Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Karuna Charities of Washington Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Amar Kartar Foundation
- How much does The Amar Kartar Foundation give?
- The Amar Kartar Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $22,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Amar Kartar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (58%), International (31%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
- Who are The Amar Kartar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Guru Nanak Foundation of American ($10k), Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($5k), Sikh Human Development Foundation ($3k).
- Does The Amar Kartar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Amar Kartar 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 The Amar Kartar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Amar Kartar Foundation based?
- The Amar Kartar Foundation is based in MD.
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