New York · Private foundation
The Himachal 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $192
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,775
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations The Himachal Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 24 | $10k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $47k | 69% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $5k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $2k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $8k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $50 | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $3k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insight Meditation Society Inc | $3,575 | 2 | n/a |
| Echoing Green Inc | $1,586 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Insight Meditation Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gofundmeorg | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc | $650 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Restoration Project | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Garrison Institute | $430 | 2 | 0% |
| Polynesian Cultural Center | $383 | 1 | 0% |
| Hasc Center Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insight Meditation Society Inc | $3,575 | 2 | n/a |
| Echoing Green Inc | $1,586 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Insight Meditation Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gofundmeorg | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc | $650 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Restoration Project | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Garrison Institute | $430 | 2 | 0% |
| Polynesian Cultural Center | $383 | 1 | 0% |
| Hasc Center Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Auburn Theological Seminary | $256 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Women's Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Center for Human Rights | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Out of the Box Theatrics Inc | $192 | 1 | n/a |
| The Middle Project Inc | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Together Rising | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Push for Empowered Pregnancy Inc | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Just Tryan It Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $90 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Wellness Institute Inc | $84 | 1 | 0% |
| Fulbright Association Inc | $80 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocking the Boat Inc | $53 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Himachal 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.
Open a dossier: BESS Family Foundation · The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Himachal Foundation Inc
- How much does The Himachal Foundation Inc give?
- The Himachal Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $9,636 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Himachal Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (48%), Religion (24%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Himachal Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Insight Meditation Society Inc ($4k), Echoing Green Inc ($2k), New York Insight Meditation Center ($1k).
- Does The Himachal Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Himachal 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 The Himachal Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include BESS Family Foundation, The Frederick P Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Himachal Foundation Inc based?
- The Himachal Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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