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The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation

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.

$66k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
65
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
64%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$300
Largest grant, FY2025
$24,323
Organizations funded a year
12 to 28
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
21
Total assets, FY2025
$158k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving65$66k66%
FY202428$90k64%
FY202312$18k75%
FY202214$7kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

International$21kHealth$19kEducation$16kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$9kYouth Development$4kSocial Science$2kReligion$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
NE
KY
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Detroit Country Day School$15,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$7,50030%
Kids on the Go$5,0001n/a
Educate and Feed Foundation Inc$4,0001n/a
American Leprosy Missions Inc$3,50030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,00020%
American Kidney Fund Inc$2,00020%
Mercy Ships International$2,00020%
Manitha Neyam Trust Inc$2,00011%
Aid for Starving Children$1,75020%
Feeding America$1,55040%
Feed the Children Inc$1,50020%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,10020%
Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc$1,01020%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,00030%
Smile Train Inc$75020%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$75020%
St Josephs Indian School$7502n/a
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$6001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$60020%
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc$5011n/a
Nmdp Foundation$50010%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$50020%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$50020%
United States Fund for Unicef$50010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$50010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5001n/a
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$3001n/a
Grace Centers of Hope$30010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$25010%
Americares Foundation Inc$25010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$20010%
Finca International Inc$2001n/a
Humane Society of Huron Valley$2001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$20010%
Henry Ford Health System$2001n/a
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries$12510%
Salvation Army$1001n/a
K9s for Warriors Inc$1001n/a
The Seeing Eye Inc$10010%
Autism Speaks Inc$10010%
Abandoned Childrens Fund$10010%
Food for the Poor Inc$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDetroit Country Day School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Leprosy Missions Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManitha Neyam Trust Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAid for Starving Children: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc: $1,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNmdp Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Centers of Hope: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAbandoned Childrens Fund: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 32.

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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.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE7.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

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About The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation

How much does The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation give?
The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation reported 65 grants totaling $65,965 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 28 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (11%), Health (11%), Education (9%).
Who are The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Detroit Country Day School ($15k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($8k), Kids on the Go ($5k).
Does The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation 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 Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation based?
The Krishnapillai & Puvaneswary Thavarajah Family Foundation is based in MI.

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 84 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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