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The Sdk Foundation for Human Dignity

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.

$270k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$203k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$724kReligion$124kHealth$26kInternational$3kEducation$3kCivil Rights$2kHuman Services$1kCrime & Legal$750Other$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $63k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $203k
$1,100
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC$203,000
HINDU SAMAJ$21,900
TAARA$20,750
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN$20,000
DURGA TEMPLE OF WESTCHESTER$1,100
RAYWA$1,100
VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
JUST RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIO$500
NAMAH INC$250
CHINMAYA MISSION$101
SADDLE RIVER FIRE ASSOCIATION$50
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $2k → 8%TIBET JUSTICE CENTER: $100 → 10%FRIENDS OF THE POOR: $1k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOPE: $200 → 6%DURGA TEMPLE OF WESTCHESTER: $1k → 9%CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW: $500 → 13%NAMAH INC: $250 → 16%INDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $1k → 17%UNA-NCA: $500 → 14%RAYWA: $2k → 11%ACLU FUND OF MICHIGAN: $1k → 21%HINDU SAMAJ: $29k → 7%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%ARYA SAMAJ: $300 → 16%CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW: $250 → 13%SAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN: $1k → 17%JUST RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIO: $500 → 14%RAYWA: $1k → 11%HINDU SAMAJ: $22k → 7%ARYA SAMAJ: $270 → 16%SOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERV: $500 → 13%ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $203k → 17%HINDU SAMAJ: $22k → 7%ARYA SAMAJ: $210 → 16%ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $150k → 17%HINDU SAMAJ: $13k → 7%ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $125k → 17%HINDU SAMAJ: $13k → 7%ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $110k → 17%HINDU SAMAJ: $11k → 7%ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $65k → 17%INTERNATIONAL HUMAN BENEFIT SERVICE: $500 → 7%TAARA: $27k → 7%HINDU SAMAJ: $8k → 7%INTERNATIONAL HUMAN BENEFIT SERVICE: $250 → 7%TAARA: $21k → 7%HINDU SAMAJ: $3k → 7%INDIA HERITAGE CENTER: $11k → 7%INDIA HERITAGE CENTER: $10k → 7%INDIA HERITAGE CENTER: $1k → 7%ZINDAGI INC: $250 → 7%MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN: $20k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION: $200 → 7%SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION: $200 → 7%PARAMUS SUN RISE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $150 → 7%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$853k · 12 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +85% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$853k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+85%
-18%

Still filing today

67%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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
InternationalArts & CultureHealthCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AF
    ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $653k · revenue +85% · 52% of their budget
  • TI
    TAARA INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +365%
  • TV
    THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -21%
  • SE
    SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +102%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE POOR
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · 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
Vattikuti India Relief Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Satyagraha Foundation
Religion
3
Samarpan Foundation Usa
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4
Sindhi Association of North America
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5
India House Foundation

India House Foundation is dedicated to the protection of democracy and human rights in India, from the perspective of Indian-Americans based in the USA.

Civil Rights
6
Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation
Philanthropy
7
The Raju Sangani Foundation

Engage in humanitarian relief in multiple forms.

International
8
Samjivani Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Rakshak Foundation

Rakshak Foundation creates awareness domestically and internationally about the rights and responsibilities of citizens towards the society and the state. Rakshak engages in and supports social and scientific research on public policy and…

Human Services
10
The Sai Ram Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Ashra Charitable Fund Inc

Provide financial assistance to orphanages,old-age homes, provide educational scholarships to orphans, arrange health camps and food drives for orphanages and old-age homes.

International
12
Ignite Asha

Improve the human rights and self worth of south asian women and children on a global level.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sakhi for South Asian Survivors Inc; the most unlike its peers is Paramus Sunrise Rotary Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $653,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INCTAARA INC: $70,050 · Arts & CultureTAARA INC+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHINDU SAMAJ INC: $119,427 · OtherHINDU SAMAJ INCMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN: $20,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KET…+12 more: $8,431 · Other+12 moreTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $4,100 · HealthSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $1,500 · HealthFRIENDS OF THE POOR: $1,001 · InternationalSAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN SURVIVORS INC: $1,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL HUMAN BENEFIT SERVICESINC: $750 · InternationalSHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION FOR INDIA: $400 · International+1 more: $100 · InternationalRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationZINDAGI Inc: $350 · EducationJust Rights for Children International Inc: $500 · Civil RightsManavi Inc: $400 · Civil RightsPARAMUS SUNRISE ROTARY FOUNDATION: $150 · PhilanthropySADDLE RIVER FIRE ASSOCIATION INC: $150 · Public Safety & Disaster
Arts & Culture$724,050Other$147,858Health$5,600International$3,251Education$2,850Civil Rights$900Philanthropy$150Public Safety & Disaster$150

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 budgetARTISTIC FREEDOM INITIATIVE INC: $653,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetTAARA INC: $70,050 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $4,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE POOR: $1,001 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN SURVIVORS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDO AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HUMAN BENEFIT SERVICESINC: $750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJust Rights for Children International Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetManavi Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION FOR INDIA: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSADDLE RIVER FIRE ASSOCIATION INC: $150 over 2y, 0.3% 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.

Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Verizon FoundationNJ10.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Sdk Foundation for Human Dignity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sdk Foundation for Human Dignity. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 60%
  • Manavi Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to The Sdk Foundation for Human Dignity?

Find your warmest path to The Sdk Foundation for Human Dignity through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 30 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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