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The Hirani Family Foundation at a glance

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The Hirani 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.

$163k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$133k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$1.2MEducation$145kHuman Services$140kHealth$90kHousing & Shelter$40kArts & Culture$36kFood & Nutrition$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $133k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hands for an African Child$133,175
University of Foundation at Sacrame$20,000
Folsom Historical Society$5,000
Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund$5,000
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 (FY18–24, $727k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Seniors First: $10k → 6%Red Cross: $16k → 14%Hands for an African Child: $175k → 12%Hands for an African Child: $150k → 12%Hands for an African Child: $150k → 12%Hands for an African Child: $133k → 12%Hands for an African Child: $63k → 12%Hands for an African Child: $25k → 12%Sacramento Childrens Home: $5k → 12%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

NY
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 15 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+89%
+19%

Still filing today

53%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesInternationalEducationHealthPublic BenefitEmploymentOther
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

  • HF
    Hands for an African Child Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $696k · revenue +516% · 45% of their budget
  • AK
    AGA KHAN FOUNDATION USA
    4× · 2018–2022 · $250k · revenue +36%
  • FH
    Focus Humanitarian Assistance USA
    2× · 2018–2021 · $85k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +19%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $16k · revenue +9%
  • TP
    TANDEM PARTNERS IN EARLY LEARNINGgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +62%
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
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
2
Families Usa Foundation Inc

Our vision is a nation where the best health and health care are equally accessible and affordable to all.

Human Services
3
Pathway Family Services Inc

None

Human Services
4
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
5
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
6
Ummah Relief International

Ummah relief international is a dedicated grassroots relief organization providing humanitarian services to bring help and hope to thousands of victims of natural and human disasters with quick and targeted action.

International
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
9
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
10
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
11
Angels Foster Family Agency

Angels foster family network's mission is to passionately and collaboratively care for children five and younger with diverse and exceptional families who dedicate themselves to each child's well-being.

Human Services
12
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Teen Leadership Programs Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 32 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hands for an African Child Inc: $696,175 · Human ServicesHands for an African Child Inc+3 more: $31,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of Foundation at Sacrame: $130,300 · OtherUniversity of Foundation at S…UN Agency for Refugees: $88,954 · OtherUN Agency for RefugeesSt Vincent De Paul Society of Place: $53,000 · OtherSt Vincent De Paul Society of…Habitat for Humanity: $40,000 · OtherHabitat for HumanitySacramento Loaves Fishes: $35,000 · OtherSacramento Loaves FishesFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Other+13 more: $87,240 · Other+13 moreAGA KHAN FOUNDATION USA: $250,000 · InternationalAGA KHAN FOUNDATION USAFocus Humanitarian Assistance USA: $85,000 · InternationalFocus Humanitarian Assistan…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $83,440 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES US…FAMILY HOUSE INC: $70,000 · HealthCHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC: $35,000 · Public BenefitFOLSOM HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOLSOM HISTORY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSUMMER SEARCH: $15,000 · EmploymentTANDEM PARTNERS IN EARLY LEARNING: $10,000 · EducationSCHOLARMATCH INC: $5,000 · Education
Human Services$727,175Other$454,494International$418,440Health$70,000Public Benefit$35,000Arts & Culture$15,000Employment$15,000Education$15,000

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 budgetHands for an African Child Inc: $696,175 over 6y, 45% of budgetAGA KHAN FOUNDATION USA: $250,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFocus Humanitarian Assistance USA: $85,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $83,440 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTOPHER COFFLAND MEMORIAL FUND INC: $35,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLSOM HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOLSOM HISTORY: $15,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTANDEM PARTNERS IN EARLY LEARNING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSENIORS FIRST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWEAVE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOLARMATCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSACRAMENTO CHILDREN'S HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEL ORO CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSIERRA FOREVER FAMILIES: $4,640 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL TEEN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS INC: $4,600 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

Sacramento Region Com…Teichert FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Baird Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
Sacramento Region Community FoundationCA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving 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 Hirani Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hirani Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 32 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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