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The Chirag Foundation at a glance

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The Chirag 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.

$578k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$98k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$853kPhilanthropy$549kReligion$546kEducation$419kInternational$366kHousing & Shelter$308kYouth Development$266kCrime & Legal$201kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $244k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $334k
$40,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARDADA PARDADI EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY$98,000
IDEA$65,000
THE AKSHAYAPATRA FOUNDATION$61,157
BOSTON HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER$60,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LWOELL$50,000
SAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN$45,000
OPERATION RESTORATION$40,000
RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT$35,000
Individual grant recipient$32,516
NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES$30,000
RED HOOK INITIATIVE$30,000
THE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT$16,000
CENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $144k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SAMARTHANAN USA: $10k → 11%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $30k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $30k → 20%HOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $25k → 8%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $20k → 20%ACRE FAMILY CHILD CARE: $20k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $5k → 16%PINE STREET INN: $2k → 16%CATIE'S CLOSET: $2k → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
LA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 21 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
26

Total granted

$2.8M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+14%

Still filing today

67%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $353k · revenue +33%
  • TB
    The Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $225k · revenue +176%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $166k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE IMPACT ASSETS DONOR ADVISED FUND (SINGHAL CHARITABLE FUND)
    one grant, 2023 · $400k
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PARTNERS INTLOXYGEN FOR INDIA
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • YA
    YOUTH ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +24%
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
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
2
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Inc

The mission of the volunteer lawyers project of the boston bar association is to increase access to justice by delivering high quality pro bono civil legal services to eligible clients in the greater boston area.

Crime & Legal
3
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
4
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
5
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
6
Housing Partnership Development Corporation

Housing partnership development corporation functions to provide available low and moderate cost housing in the new york metro area through new housing production, preservation, rehabilitation, as well as the revitalization and…

Housing & Shelter
7
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
8
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
9
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
10
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation

Mhic's mission is to be an innovative private financier of afforable housing and community development throughout new england, providing financing that would not otherwise be available, and extending the impact of that financing to ensure…

Housing & Shelter
11
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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12
Population Action International

Pai advances evidence, policies and programs to enable women, youth and at-risk communities to access sexual and reproductive health as core to health equity, climate resilience, economic well-being and gender equality.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Schott Foundation for Public Education; the most unlike its peers is Building Audacity. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 51 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MA GENERAL HOSPITAL: $500,000 · OtherMA GENERAL HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $470,842 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE IMPACT ASSETS DONOR ADVISED FUND (SINGHAL CHARITABLE FUND): $400,000 · OtherTHE IMPACT ASSETS DONOR ADVISED FUND (SINGHAL CHARITABLE FUND)IDEA: $125,000 · OtherLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $105,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PARTNERS INTLOXYGEN FOR INDIA: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · Other+23 more: $686,309 · Other+23 moreThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $225,000 · EducationThe Boston Hi…PARDADA PARDADI EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY INC: $98,000 · EducationPARDADA PARDA…NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES INC: $60,000 · EducationNEIGHBORHOOD …NUYA INC: $52,000 · EducationNUYA INC+3 more: $30,436 · Education+3 morePLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $353,000 · HealthPLANNED P…OPERATION RESTORATION: $80,000 · Human ServicesRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $80,000 · Human ServicesHOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesACRE FAMILY CHILD CARE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSAMARTHANAM USA INC: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $9,000 · Human ServicesSAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN SURVIVORS INC: $85,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $75,000 · InternationalREFUGEPOINT INC: $50,000 · InternationalBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $166,000 · Youth DevelopmentBUILDING AUDACITY: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $131,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,487,151Education$465,436Health$353,000Human Services$224,000International$210,000Youth Development$186,000Community Improvement$131,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $353,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Boston Higher Education Resource Center Inc: $225,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $166,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $131,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS INC: $105,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPARDADA PARDADI EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY INC: $98,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetSAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN SURVIVORS INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOPERATION RESTORATION: $80,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $80,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $74,286 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH ADVOCACY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetURBAN REVIVAL INC: $63,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNUYA INC: $52,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetBLACK AND PINK INC: $51,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetREFUGEPOINT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSEHOLD GOODS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBUILDING AUDACITY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetACRE FAMILY CHILD CARE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LIFE IS GOOD PLAYMAKER PROJECT INC: $16,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPOWERED POLITICS EDUCATION FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUASPIRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARTHANAM USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $3,436 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANDORFUL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOWELL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatie's Closet Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,500 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.

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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Cummings Foundation G…Amalgamated Charitabl…Berkshire Bank Founda…Tides FoundationCombined Jewish Phila…ImpactassetsincThe Hope Foundation -…Wellington Management…Proteus Fund IncAnalog Devices Founda…
Boston Foundation IncMA27.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Impactassetsinc · The Hope Foundation - USA 1999 Trust · Wellington Management Foundation · Proteus Fund Inc · Analog Devices 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 Chirag Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chirag Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Acre Family Child Care Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Villages Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Building Audacity: 24% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Lawrence Communityworks Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Catie's Closet Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Youth Advocacy Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Uaspire Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get 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.

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 51 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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The camps
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By state
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