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The Patel Family Foundation at a glance

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The Patel 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.

$128k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$587kEducation$121kHuman Services$51kInternational$26kReligion$16kYouth Development$11kFood & Nutrition$9kCivil Rights$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $57k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$824k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$51,000
IIT BOMBAY HERITAGE FUND$41,500
UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION$15,000
BAY AREA VAISHNAVA YOUTH PARIVAR$5,001
HUMAN SERVICE FOUNDATION$5,001
PRATHAM$5,000
CALIFORNIA VIPASSANA CENTER$2,501
COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY$1,000
A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD$1,000
KQED$500
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY17–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CAMP KESEM: $250 → 14%SHREEMAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5k → 8%A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $1k → 8%A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $1k → 8%A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $1k → 8%A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $1k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $1k → 8%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $1k → 8%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
OH
CA
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$844k · 17 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +131% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$844k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+131%
+29%

Still filing today

53%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalEducationCivil RightsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • HS
    Human Service Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $38k · revenue +159%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    2× · 2017–2018 · $17k · revenue +94%
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
  • A
    AAPI
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • SC
    SHREEMAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ATTN NITIN PAREKH
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -18%
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
Sai Spiritual Foundation

Help establish unity of faith and welcome all spiritual seekers of all religions; realize the Inherent Divinity within as per Sathya SaiBaba

Religion
2
Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa)

The mission of the foundation is to simultaneously address childhood hunger and malnutrition and to promote education for children throughout india.

Food & Nutrition
3
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
4
Satyagraha Foundation
Religion
5
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
6
Vedic Sadhana Foundation

Promoting well being of individuals through the education and assistance of mindful living, meditation, and education of vedic and indian practices.

Education
7
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
8
Shiv Nadar Foundation

Shiv Nadar Foundation provides access to higher education tounderprivileged students and funds to other charitable organizations to supporteducation, research, social policies for women empowerment, affordable healthcareservices, medical…

Education
9
Sai Global Mission

Sai Global Mission (SGM) is a Non-Profit Organization focused on Societal advancement initiatives for helping rural communities and offering free services to the underserved in the areas of healthcare, education, nutrition and rural care…

International
10
Iisc Foundation

The specific purpose, mission, and activity of the corporation is to secure funding for promoting education, research, technology development, startup incubation, acceleration, and translational research at the indian institute of science…

Education
11
Dasra

Dasra is catalyzing the strategic philanthropy movement to ensure that a billion lives can thrive with dignity and equity. dasra works with philanthropists, families, and corporate foundations to support them in amplifying their giving…

International
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sankara Eye Foundation Usa; the most unlike its peers is Us Giving to Maher. 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

20 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. 20 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $586,001 · OtherMUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONIIT BOMBAY HERITAGE FUND: $101,500 · OtherIIT BOMBAY HERITAGE FUNDHuman Service Foundation: $38,003 · OtherPRATHAM: $35,001 · Other+17 more: $55,927 · Other+17 moreDIRECT RELIEF: $17,000 · InternationalAsante Africa Foundation Inc: $1,500 · International+1 more: $501 · InternationalUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationNorthern California Vipassana Center: $2,501 · Education+1 more: $50 · EducationCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesSHREEMAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ATTN NITIN PAREKH: $5,000 · Human ServicesA FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $4,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesINDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION: $6,000 · Civil RightsSAYAJI U BA KHIN VIPASSANA FOUNDATION: $5,502 · ReligionKQED INC: $5,030 · Arts & Culture
Other$816,432International$19,001Education$17,551Human Services$17,250Civil Rights$6,000Religion$5,502Arts & Culture$5,030

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 budgetHuman Service Foundation: $38,003 over 9y, 13% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAYAJI U BA KHIN VIPASSANA FOUNDATION: $5,502 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKQED INC: $5,030 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSHREEMAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ATTN NITIN PAREKH: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSILICON VALLEY FACES: $4,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetA FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRACY: $3,025 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $2,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern California Vipassana Center: $2,501 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAsante Africa Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS GIVING TO MAHER: $501 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds Human Service Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds UC SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION ↗
  • Who funds SAYAJI U BA KHIN VIPASSANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds SHREEMAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ATTN NITIN PAREKH ↗
  • Who funds SILICON VALLEY FACES ↗
  • Who funds A FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TRACY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Northern California Vipassana Center ↗
  • Who funds Asante Africa Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA ↗
  • Who funds US GIVING TO MAHER ↗
  • Who funds Camp Kesem National ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Bright Funds Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Bright Funds FoundationCA19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bright Funds Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 Patel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Patel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 34 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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