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The Narula 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.

$265k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Narula Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
HealthInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving33$265k15%
FY202435$156k14%
FY202341$234k24%
FY202239$148k31%
FY202129$69k28%
FY202033$126k33%
FY201929$151k41%
FY201824$100k21%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$482kEducation$217kArts & Culture$179kFood & Nutrition$80kInternational$75kCivil Rights$73kPhilanthropy$51kHuman Services$47kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
SD
IA
IN
NJ
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$135,00041%
Hackensack Meridian Health Inc$130,0003n/a
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$55,00070%
Robin Hood Foundation$49,86070%
Paper Mill Playhouse$41,50070%
Montclair Film Festival Inc$27,50040%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$26,50094%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25,00040%
Luna Stage Company Inc$22,50042%
Proinspire$20,00040%
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All grantees of The Narula Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$135,00041%
Hackensack Meridian Health Inc$130,0003n/a
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$55,00070%
Robin Hood Foundation$49,86070%
Paper Mill Playhouse$41,50070%
Montclair Film Festival Inc$27,50040%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$26,50094%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25,00040%
Luna Stage Company Inc$22,50042%
Proinspire$20,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$19,50080%
United States Fund for Unicef$19,19090%
University of Michigan$17,50052%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$14,00060%
The Montclair Art Museum$13,50030%
Sankara Eye Foundation USA$13,00050%
Montclair Kimberley Academy Foundation$12,50030%
Verona Rescue Squad Inc$12,00053%
Share and Care Foundation for India$10,50050%
Saint Barnabas Medical Center$10,00010%
Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris Inc$7,50020%
Fresh Air Fund$7,50030%
Covenant House$6,00040%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$6,00060%
United States Association for UNHCR$6,00020%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$6,00050%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$5,50050%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$4,00050%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$3,50040%
Human Needs Food Pantry Inc$3,00030%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$2,50010%
Charity International Inc$2,5001n/a
Smile Train Inc$2,00030%
Isha Foundation Inc$1,75010%
Soles4souls Inc$1,50020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,50030%
St Josephs Indian School$1,5002n/a
United Nations Foundation Inc$1,00010%
March of Dimes Inc$1,00020%
West Orange Pba Local #25 Inc$1,00020%
Autism Speaks Inc$1,00010%
Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir International Inc$6001n/a
Bright Funds Foundation$52510%
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$50010%
Animal Welfare Association Inc$50010%
A Childhood for Children Inc$50011%
Consumer Reports Inc$50010%
Feed the Children Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($595k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Narula Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network: $135,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $49,860 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $41,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMontclair Film Festival Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $26,500 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLuna Stage Company Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetProinspire: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $19,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $19,190 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $17,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Montclair Art Museum: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSankara Eye Foundation USA: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMontclair Kimberley Academy Foundation: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVerona Rescue Squad Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetShare and Care Foundation for India: $10,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSaint Barnabas Medical Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association of Essex and Morris Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for the Homeless Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Needs Food Pantry Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIsha Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoles4souls Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Orange Pba Local #25 Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBright Funds Foundation: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Childhood for Children Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeed the Children Inc: $250 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 44.

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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 Express FoundationNY17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Express Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · JOHN J & ROSE CALI FAMILY FOUNDATION co CALI FUTURES · Partners for Health Inc · George a Ohl Jr Trust · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Princeton Area Community 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.

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About The Narula Foundation Inc

How much does The Narula Foundation Inc give?
The Narula Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $265,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Narula Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are The Narula Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network ($135k), Hackensack Meridian Health Inc ($130k), Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ($55k).
Does The Narula Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Narula 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 Narula Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Express Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is The Narula Foundation Inc based?
The Narula Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 91 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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