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The Samarth Foundation at a glance

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The Samarth 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.

$160k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$536kEducation$282kInternational$71kReligion$52kArts & Culture$24kHuman Services$11kCrime & Legal$5kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA$100,000
PRATHAM USA$10,000
POLICY IMPACT$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE$10,000
WORLD KITCHEN CENTRAL$5,000
IPAS$5,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$5,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC$5,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$4,000
GOLDMAN SACHS PHILANTHROPY FUND$2,500
AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID INC$1,900
TEAM4TECH FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TAKE HER BACK: $5k → 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

MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of The Samarth Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 45% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 43%.

The Samarth Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$598k · 6 repeat orgs$260k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +114% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
22

Total granted

$598k
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+114%
+29%

Still filing today

67%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • CI
    CONTINA IMPACT
    5× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue ×30
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +114%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $29k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • AS
    ARYA SAMAJ OF MICHIGAN - ASOM
    one grant, 2019 · $51k
  • FH
    FREEDOM HOUSE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +7%
  • AO
    ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -46%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
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
3
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
4
Ja Africa

The mission of ja africa is to inspire and prepare young people in africa to succeed in a global economy.

Education
5
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
6
The Advocates for Human Rights

To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world.

International
7
Educate Girls

Educate Girls promotes and protects the right of girls to a quality education and works by supporting partners in geographies where the need is greatest to mobilize communities, enroll girls into school and improve learning outcomes. Our…

International
8
Shadhika Project

Shadhika believes in a future where each person in India can choose their own path to meaning, purpose, and happiness. Through global philanthropy and in-country programming, Shadhika believes that education is the most effective vehicle…

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9
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
10
The Malala Fund

We work to ensure all girls can access and complete 12 years of education. by completing 12 years of quality schooling, girls will have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential, make their own life…

Education
11
Meedan Inc

To strengthen journalism, digital literacy and information accessible for global communities.

Science & Tech
12
The International Legal Foundation Ltd

The ilf's mission is to make justice a reality for poor people by fighting to guarantee high-quality legal representation for everyone arrested or detained. around the world, we provide criminal defense services and build sustainable,…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freedom House; the most unlike its peers is Butimar Productions. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOLDMAN SACH PHILANTHROPY FUND: $399,600 · OtherGOLDMAN SACH PHILANTHROPY FUNDUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARASTANDFORD: $72,860 · OtherSTANDFORDARYA SAMAJ OF MICHIGAN - ASOM: $51,000 · OtherARYA SAMAJ OF MICHIGAN - ASOM+14 more: $41,540 · Other+14 moreGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $135,917 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVISED…PRATHAM USA: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPRATHAM USACONTINA IMPACT: $50,000 · EducationCONTINA IM…FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $36,600 · EducationFOUNDATION…+2 more: $2,000 · EducationFREEDOM HOUSE: $25,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalIPAS: $5,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 · InternationalAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $1,900 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $28,500 · Public Safety & DisasterButimar Productions: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 19TH NEWS: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureCardea Center for Women Institute: $5,000 · Human ServicesMARICI: $5,000 · Human ServicesMAITRI: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$665,000Philanthropy$145,917Education$88,600International$41,400Public Safety & Disaster$28,500Arts & Culture$13,200Human Services$11,000

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 budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $135,917 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONTINA IMPACT: $50,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $36,600 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $28,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART OF LIVING FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetButimar Productions: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPRATHAM USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIPAS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHOOLBOX PROJECT: $1,200 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRoshni Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE 19TH NEWS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM4TECH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTOR TUTOR CONNECTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS MUSEUM: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLos Altos High School PTSA: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $101 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Bright Funds Foundati…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Naren & Vinita Gu…The David and Lucile …The William & Flora H…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Texas Instruments Fou…Tides FoundationNational Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA17× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Naren & Vinita Gupta Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 38 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home