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The Mehra Family Foundation at a glance

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The Mehra 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.

$624k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.5MEducation$775kEnvironment$426kScience & Tech$225kHealth$170kInternational$100kReligion$19kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $524,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $624,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $100,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $99k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$125,000
American Prairie Foundation$100,000
World Wildlife Fund$100,000
Brunswick School Inc$75,000
Monterey Peninsula Foundation$27,500
Council On Foreign Relations$25,000
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$25,000
American Prairie Foundation$21,000
First Presbyterian Church Foundation$5,000
Brunswick School Inc$5,000
Vedanta Society of New York$5,000
iCivics Inc$2,500
Evans Scholars Foundation$2,500
Trout Unlimited Inc$2,000
Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS)$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%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

MT
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
VA
DC
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.
$599k · 7 repeat orgs$263k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
12

Total granted

$599k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+49%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’24
EnvironmentHealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AP
    AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $186k · revenue +180%
  • BS
    BRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $100k · revenue +24%
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • MG
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    one grant, 2022 · $40k
  • COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +37%
  • CL
    Connecticut Land Conservation Council Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +638%
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
5
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.

—
6
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
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
11
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
12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Foundling; the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

President and Fellows of Harvard College: $892,327 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC+1 more: $2,500 · EducationAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $186,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDA…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentNANTUCKET CONSERVATION …+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $125,000 · OtherMemorial Sloan …THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONS…Massachusetts General Hospital: $40,000 · OtherMassachusetts G…+12 more: $35,000 · Other+12 moreCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $75,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 · InternationalMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $78,000 · PhilanthropyFirst Presbyterian Church Foundation: $6,000 · ReligionTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthGIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES INC: $1,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $500 · Health
Education$994,827Environment$371,000Other$250,000International$100,000Philanthropy$78,000Religion$6,000Health$3,500

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 budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $892,327 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $186,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $78,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut Land Conservation Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFirst Presbyterian Church Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetICIVICS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIBROLAMELLAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRUM DESIGNS FOUNDATION LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $500 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving 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 Mehra Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mehra Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Mehra Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mehra Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 30 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $781k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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