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The Ashok and Mary Kumar Foundatio Inc at a glance

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The Ashok and Mary Kumar Foundatio Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$241k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$241k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$241kHealth$22kArts & Culture$12kEducation$6kAnimals$4kHousing & Shelter$4kHuman Services$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$240,689
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS$240,689
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%METRO MEALS ON WHEELS: $500 → 11%TUNNEL W TOWER FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 13%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 → 14%GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $500 → 13%PAWS ATLANTA: $1k → 14%DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH: $1k → 16%NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500 → 18%COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDEN: $500 → 18%FIDELITY INVESTMENTS: $241k → 11%METRO MEALS ON WHEELS: $500 → 11%TUNNEL W TOWER FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 → 14%GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $500 → 13%PAWS ATLANTA: $1k → 14%DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH: $500 → 16%NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500 → 18%COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDEN: $500 → 18%NELLIE STONE JOHNSON SCHOOL: $1k → 11%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $500 → 13%PAWS ATLANTA: $1k → 14%DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH: $500 → 16%NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM: $500 → 18%COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDEN: $500 → 18%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $500 → 13%PAWS ATLANTA: $500 → 14%NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM: $500 → 18%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $500 → 13%PAWS ATLANTA: $500 → 14%COLUMBUS MUSEUM: $1k → 18%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 13%GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $500 → 13%COLUMBUS MUSEUM: $1k → 18%EASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA: $1k → 18%EASTER SEALS: $1k → 18%EASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA: $1k → 18%COLUMBUS INDIAN TEMPLE: $1k → 18%COLUMBUS INDIAN TEMPLE: $1k → 18%COLUMBUS INDIAN TEMPLE: $1k → 18%EASTER SEALS: $1k → 18%PAWS COLUMBUS: $1k → 18%PAWS COLUMBUS: $1k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 18%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 18%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60k · 22 repeat orgs$243k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
3

Total granted

$60k
$2k

Still filing today

50%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $241k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureAnimalsHousing & ShelterEmploymentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $7k · revenue +145%
  • PA
    PAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED
    6× · 2017–2022 · $4k · revenue +23%
  • VR
    VALLEY RESCUE MISSION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $4k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • NS
    NELLIE STONE JOHNSON SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • ST
    SOUTHERN TEAL GYNECOLOGY ONCOLOGY
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • CT
    COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Emory University

Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)

Education
2
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…

Health
3
Georgia Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

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4
Good Mews Animal Foundation Inc

Good mews offers an alternative to traditional animal shelters in the metro-atlanta area by providing a limited admission haven for homeless, abused, or abandoned cats until placing them in permanent, loving homes. good mews promotes…

Animals
5
Au Medical Center Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…

Education
6
Wellstar Mcg Health Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice.

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7
Wellstar Health System Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…

Health
8
West Georgia Medical Center Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…

Health
9
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
10
Au Medical Associates Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice. form 990, part iii,…

Health
11
Georgia Historical Society

Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history. GHS houses the oldest and most distinguished collection of materials related exclusively…

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12
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals Southern Georgia Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 27 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS: $240,689 · OtherFIDELITY INVESTMENTS+17 more: $31,500 · Other+17 moreTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC: $2,000 · HealthPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $4,250 · AnimalsVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $4,250 · Housing & ShelterTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureEASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA INC: $2,000 · EmploymentHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 · Education
Other$272,189Health$16,000Animals$4,250Housing & Shelter$4,250Arts & Culture$4,000Employment$2,000Education$1,500

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 budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $4,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $4,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC: $3,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA AIDS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS SOUTHERN GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds METRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INFANTRY MUSEUM FOUNDATIONINC ↗

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.

Mildred Miller Fort F…Georgia Power Foundat…John P and Dorothy S …The Jordan Foundation…Lockwood Partners Fou…Bradley-Turner Founda…Community Foundation …Fred & Catalina Arana…The Woodruff Family F…Jackson-Burgin Founda…Gb & Ca Saunders Foun…The Cms Foundation Inc
Mildred Miller Fort Foundation IncGA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · John P and Dorothy S Illges Foundation Inc · The Jordan Foundation Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Fred & Catalina Aranas Family Foundinc · The Woodruff Family Foundation Inc · Jackson-Burgin Foundation Inc · Gb & Ca Saunders Foundation Inc · The Cms Foundation Inc

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 The Ashok and Mary Kumar Foundatio Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ashok and Mary Kumar Foundatio Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to The Ashok and Mary Kumar Foundatio Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Ashok and Mary Kumar Foundatio Inc 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 27 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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