Alabama · Private foundation
The Pushpa & Val Sapra 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.
- $133k
- Granted FY2022
- 11
- Grants FY2022
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
65% of The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Greater Huntsville, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $133k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Total assets, FY2022
- $267k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 10 | $123k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $5k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $14k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $8k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $12k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile Foundation | $192,363 | 3 | n/a |
| Randolph School | $105,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Trinity School Inc | $16,025 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $14,269 | 3 | 0% |
| Sounding Joy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| AshaKiran Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Schenck School | $5,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Hunstville India Association | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Kate's Club Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smile Foundation | $192,363 | 3 | n/a |
| Randolph School | $105,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Trinity School Inc | $16,025 | 5 | 0% |
| The Lovett School Inc | $14,269 | 3 | 0% |
| Sounding Joy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 15% |
| AshaKiran Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Schenck School | $5,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Hunstville India Association | $2,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Kate's Club Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heals Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sikh Study Circle | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Russel Hill Cancer Foundation Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Emory University | $650 | 3 | n/a |
| The Land Trust of North Alabama Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| The WEDC Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope and Helping Hands Inc | $450 | 2 | 0% |
| Arsha-Vidya-Pitam | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Tennessee Riverkeeper | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope for Justice Inc | $202 | 1 | 0% |
| National Eating Disorders Association | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas State University | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Kansas State University Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| American Library Association | $120 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · The Jane K Lowe Charitable Foundation · Aum Capital Group Charitable Foundation · The Propst Foundation · The Beard-Young Family Foundation · Wallace E Kirkpatrick Family Foundation · Parker Griffith Family Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation
- How much does The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation give?
- The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $133,250 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (51%), Education (27%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Smile Foundation ($192k), Randolph School ($106k), Trinity School Inc ($16k).
- Does The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pushpa & Val Sapra 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 Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville, The Jane K Lowe Charitable Foundation, Aum Capital Group Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation based?
- The Pushpa & Val Sapra Foundation is based in AL.
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