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The Mulani Family Foundation at a glance

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The Mulani Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$177k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$106k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.

International$237kEducation$195kPhilanthropy$51kHousing & Shelter$25kHuman Services$18kReligion$10kYouth Development$3k
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $157k
$51,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION USA$105,874
GIVE FOUNDATION INC$51,000
FRIENDS OF TEACH FOR INDIA INC$20,000
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 (FY22–23, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GIVE FOUNDATION INC: $51k → 8%INDIASPORA: $18k → 16%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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$419k · 3 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
4

Total granted

$419k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+51%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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
    AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $224k · revenue +33%
  • PU
    PRATHAM USA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $150k · revenue -4%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF TEACH FOR INDIA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $45k · revenue +420%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +51%
  • I
    INDIASPORAgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $18k · revenue +40%
  • VH
    VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD OF AMERICA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +134%
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 American India Foundation

The american india foundation(aif) is a nonprofit american development organization that is devoted to accelerating social and economic change in india.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
India Awareness Foundation Inc

Public education

Education
3
India Development and Relief Fund Inc

Provide social development and relief assistance to underprivileged people primarily in india but also in nepal, sri lanka and the usa

International
4
Akanksha Education Fund Inc

To support educational opportunities for underserved children in india, and raising support for and awareness of such activities in the united states.

International
5
Indians for Collective Action

ICA's mission is to support sustainable development in India by partnering with dedicated non-government organizations (NGO's) and individuals.

Civil Rights
6
India Foundation

Healthcare and education for the needy

Human Services
7
Us-India Policy Institute

Us-india policy institute (usipi)undertaking policy research on diversity and inclusive developments in india and the usa. usipis vision for equal access to freedom,justice, and opportunity in india rests on its three pillars; research &…

Arts & Culture
8
Annapurna Global Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Pratham International Inc

Pratham international was established to support learning innovations for children and youth in contexts across the globe. the organization facilitates the adaptation and dissemination of proven, scalable solutions, such as the…

International
10
Prasaad
Religion
11
Ananta Giving Foundation

To provide support for charitable and educational organizations and initiatives in the united states and abroad, including but not limited to organizations and initiatives focused on providing and facilitating access to high quality…

Philanthropy
12
India Transformed

Delivering hope through faith by transforming lives spiritually, socially and economically.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa); the most unlike its peers is The Open Door Shelter 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

9 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $224,124 · Food & NutritionAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA)PRATHAM USA: $150,000 · PhilanthropyPRATHAM USACHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $12,500 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAGIVE FOUNDATION INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesGIVE FOUNDATIO…INDIASPORA: $17,500 · Human ServicesINDIASPORAFRIENDS OF TEACH FOR INDIA INC: $45,000 · EducationFRIENDS O…THE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterVISHWA HINDU PARISHAD OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,501 · Other
Food & Nutrition$224,124Philanthropy$162,500Human Services$68,500Education$45,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Other$12,501

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $224,124 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPRATHAM USA: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIVE FOUNDATION INC: $51,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF TEACH FOR INDIA INC: $45,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR SHELTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINDIASPORA: $17,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISHWA HINDU PARISHAD OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,501 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Mulani Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mulani Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Mulani Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mulani 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 9 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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