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The Sai Kripalu Foundation at a glance

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The Sai Kripalu Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$217k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Religion$311kEducation$38kFood & Nutrition$36kHuman Services$25kEmployment$20kInternational$3kArts & Culture$2kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $210k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog$37,450
Shiv Durga Hindu Temple$30,000
CARA Program$20,000
The Night Ministry$20,000
Radha Krishna Temple$20,000
Chicago Food Pantry$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Morgan Park Academy$18,000
Nourishing Hope$15,000
High Jump$10,000
Hindu Society of Metro Chicago$2,500
Koshurraag Inc$2,100
Silver Seniors Group$900
Individual grant recipient$400
International University of Vedic Wellness$300
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Boys Town: $106 → 12%The Night Ministry: $20k → 14%Metropolitan Asian Family Services: $3k → 14%Metropolitan Asian Family Services: $250 → 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.
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$333k · 7 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$333k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+40%

Still filing today

29%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationPublic BenefitEmploymentOther
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

  • JK
    JAGADGURU KRIPALUJI YOG
    3× · 2022–2024 · $206k
  • RK
    Radha Krishna Temple
    2× · 2023–2024 · $35k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2023–2024 · $34k

Funded once

  • MA
    MONTESSORI ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • TL
    The Luekemia Society
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc

Nhs' mission is to create opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives, and strengthen their neighborhoods. nhs deploys a suite of products, services, and strategies to fulfill its mission, primarily…

Housing & Shelter
2
Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area On Aging

We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.

Food & Nutrition
3
Sullivan House High School Inc

Alternative high school located on the south side of chicago.

Education
4
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
5
Association House of Chicago

Association house's mission is to advance each person's full participation in the life of their families, communities, and society. since 1899, we have served a vibrant, multicultural community. we used a trauma informed, culturally…

Human Services
6
Miami Jewish Health Systems Inc

Miami jewish health systems, inc. was incorporated to provide shelter for the elderly and develop social & health programs relating to their care. in addition, research & educational programs are conducted for the elderly to enhance their…

Human Services
7
Friends of Montessori Association

The mission of highlawn montessori school is to provide a child-centered montessori community which facilitates the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of each child.

Education
8
Naperville Area Humane Society

To provide animal shelter & adoption services throughout the naperville area. provide animal welfare education through the shelter and local school districts.

Animals
9
Holy Cross Hospital

The hospital is a catholic health care organization sponsored by the sisters of st. casimir. by our commitment to witness to the healing mission of jesus, we contribute to healthy communities and promote quality health care to all with…

Health
10
Chicago Hope Inc

Chicago Hope runs a food pantry twice a week that serves over 100 families. The organization is working toward the furtherance of wrap around services.

Human Services
11
Asian Human Services

To empower immigrants, refugees, and underserved communities to thrive by removing barriers and providing supports that create opportunities for life.

Human Services
12
National Human Services Assembly
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Night Ministry; the most unlike its peers is Silver Seniors Group. 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

13 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. 13 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
4/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JAGADGURU KRIPALUJI YOG: $206,400 · OtherJAGADGURU KRIPALUJI YOGRadha Krishna Temple: $35,000 · OtherRadha Krishna TempleIndividual grant recipient: $34,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSHIV DURGA HINDU TEMPLE: $33,200 · OtherSHIV DURGA HINDU TEMPLEChicago Food Pantry: $20,500 · OtherChicago Food PantryNOURISHING HOPE: $15,000 · Other+9 more: $19,225 · OtherMORGAN PARK ACADEMY: $18,000 · EducationHIGH JUMP: $10,000 · EducationTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $20,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN ASIAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $3,250 · Human Services+1 more: $106 · Human ServicesThe Cara Program: $20,000 · EmploymentSILVER SENIORS GROUP: $1,100 · Public BenefitHEARTLAND ANIMAL SHELTER NFP: $125 · AnimalsTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $125 · Animals
Other$363,325Education$28,000Human Services$23,356Employment$20,000Public Benefit$1,100Animals$250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Cara Program: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMORGAN PARK ACADEMY: $18,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH JUMP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN ASIAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $3,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHINDU SOCIETY OF METRO CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKOSHURRAAG INC: $2,100 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSILVER SENIORS GROUP: $1,100 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHEARTLAND ANIMAL SHELTER NFP: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $106 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA9.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Sai Kripalu Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sai Kripalu Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 24 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.

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