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The Bahadur Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bahadur Family 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.

$80k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$174kReligion$170kHealth$66kRecreation & Sports$65kHuman Services$54kCivil Rights$33kInternational$22kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$3,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NANJARAJA BAHADUR EDUCATION CHARITY FUND BOARDING HOME$30,000
AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION$6,000
MAI FAMILY SERVICES$5,500
THE BHARATIYA TEMPLE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT$5,250
COMMIT-2-CHANGE INC$5,000
JSS SPIRITUAL MISSION$5,000
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY$3,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION (ACLU FOUNDATION)$3,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$3,000
FORGOTTEN HARVEST$2,700
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO$2,500
MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY CENTER$2,500
BROOKFIELD ACADEMY EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,500
GREEN BERET FOUNDATION$2,000
GEETMALA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$1,000
02The need
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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: 32% of grant dollars ($557k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 68% that went abroad ($1.2M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMIT-2-CHANGE INC: $5k → 9%AIM FOR SEVA: $5k → 12%COMMIT-2-CHANGE INC: $1k → 9%MISEICORDIA HOME: $5k → 14%LFE LEADERS INC: $5k → 17%MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY CENTER: $3k → 14%MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY CENTER: $1k → 14%MISERICORDIA HEART OF MERCY CENTER: $1k → 14%JARC: $1k → 8%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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 68% of all-years giving ($1.2M)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$1.2M · 4 grants
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 28 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
58

Total granted

$1.6M
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+29%

Still filing today

61%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF KANNADA KOOTAS OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $155k · revenue +45% · 26% of their budget
  • AJ
    American Junior Golf Association Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $52k · revenue +43%
  • MF
    MAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $36k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • AS
    Angels Share
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -94%
  • HC
    HOPE CARE AND BEYOND
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
5
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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6
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
7
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
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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12
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Angels Share. 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

49 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. 49 of the 90 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
36/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NANJARAJA BAHADUR EDUCATION CHARITY FUND BOARDING HOME: $1,070,077 · OtherNANJARAJA BAHADUR EDUCATION CHARITY FUND BOARDING HOMESRI RAMA SEVA URSU MANDALI: $116,580 · OtherSRI RAMA SEVA URSU MANDALI+59 more: $207,639 · Other+59 moreASSOCIATION OF KANNADA KOOTAS OF AMERICA INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION O…MAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL: $35,500 · Arts & CultureMAI FAMILY SE…Angels Share: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $52,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsFOREST LAKE COUNTRY CLUB: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsMISERICORDIA HOME: $9,500 · Human ServicesCOMMIT-2-CHANGE: $6,200 · Human ServicesALL INDIA MOVEMENT FOR SEVA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLFE LEADERS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesJARC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $300 · Human ServicesBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $7,500 · HealthTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $2,500 · HealthIMERMAN ANGELS: $1,500 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $1,000 · Health+4 more: $1,750 · HealthNorthwood University: $9,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,500 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,500 · EducationButler University: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $11,500 · Crime & LegalNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,394,296Arts & Culture$205,500Recreation & Sports$64,500Human Services$27,000Health$24,250Education$15,250Crime & Legal$12,500

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 budgetASSOCIATION OF KANNADA KOOTAS OF AMERICA INC: $155,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $52,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMAI FAMILY SERVICES SASHITAL: $35,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAngels Share: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $9,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwood University: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMIT-2-CHANGE: $6,200 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUXILIARY BOARD OF NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $6,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetGEETMALA FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN SHETH: $6,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetALL INDIA MOVEMENT FOR SEVA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLFE LEADERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST LAKE COUNTRY CLUB: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUNDS TRUE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSRI BALAJI TEMPLE OF GREAT LAKES SESHADRI: $1,759 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT GOLF PROGRAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSRI VENKATESWARA TEMPLE AND CULTURAL CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetButler University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJARC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KERN COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe International Focusing Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $250 over 1y, 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.

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Bahadur Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bahadur Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%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
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report 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 90 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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