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The Sodhani Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Sodhani Foundation Inc

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.

$453k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$211k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$493kReligion$156kEducation$141kHuman Services$29kPublic Benefit$29kInternational$18kEnvironment$15kEmployment$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $380k
$1,700
Median grant
7
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$211,000
FOUNDATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL C$169,000
HINDU UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA$25,000
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY$14,500
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF ED$10,000
VHPA$6,001
TERDS$3,250
MANI MANDIR SEVA NYAS SAMITI$3,000
YOGI DIVINE SOCIETY$2,012
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP CHAMBER OF$1,700
WORLD HINDU COUNCIL$1,001
ALS$1,000
EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION USA$1,000
JYOTI BAL VILKAS SANSTHA$1,000
SUPPORT A CHILD$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DIVYA JIVAN SANSKRITIK SANGH: $752 → 8%INDIA YOUTH FUND: $5k → 17%INDIA YOUTH FUND: $4k → 17%INDIA YOUTH FUND: $5k → 17%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
AZ
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.
$1.3M · 29 repeat orgs$431k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against -48% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
46

Total granted

$1.3M
$209k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
-48%

Still filing today

41%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $222k 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
InternationalReligionEducationHuman ServicesEmploymentCivil 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

  • HU
    Hindu University of America
    3× · 2022–2025 · $51k · revenue +57%
  • SM
    St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $27k · revenue +59%
  • EH
    EMPLOYMENT HORIZONS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $51k
  • MM
    MAHESHWARI MAHASABHA OF NA
    one grant, 2024 · $35k
  • M
    MMNA
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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
Shree Swaminarayan Dham Foundation

Religious organization that practices hinduism

Religion
2
Shri Harinam Sankirtan Mandal Amin

Promote hindu religion

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3
Shri Shiv Dham Hindu Temple and Yoga Ashram

Minister to the general public.

Religion
4
Sanatan Dharm Mandir

Hindu religious organization

Religion
5
Hindu Bhavan

To practice the hindu religion

Religion
6
Kali Mandir

To provide religious services to the hindu goddess kali and provide other spritual services

Religion
7
Central Jersey Hindu Association Inc

Hindu Temple Religeous Functions/Prayers/Activities

Religion
8
Hindu All Pooja Center Inc

Hindu congregation providing facilities for worship, prayers and related gatherings for teachings, councourses for learning. hindu cultural meetings being arranged and promoted. facilities provided for dc kitchen and medical camps for…

Religion
9
Shri Sita Ram Foundation Usa

Shri sita ram foundation, usa is an organization engaged in several philanthropic activities directly & indirectly. it assists & provides some funding to cultural and educational institutions in promoting vedic culture. it also provides…

Health
10
Maa Durga Sri Sai Baba Temple Inc

Hindu temple

Religion
11
Vedic Education and Devotional Academy

To impart hindu vedic education which is the study of ancient sanskrit scriptures to those who are interested, and to provide a place of worship to hindu religion followers.

Religion
12
Varasiddhi
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vedic Samaj Nj Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Breakfast Revolution. 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

22 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. 22 of the 82 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL C: $630,500 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR MORRISTOWN MEDICAL CIndividual grant recipient: $345,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $211,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+65 more: $475,754 · Other+65 moreRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $47,500 · Education+1 more: $1,400 · EducationDHARMA CIVILIZATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · ReligionKRISHNA BHAKTI SEVA SANGH: $3,757 · ReligionARSHA BODHA CENTER A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,353 · Religion+1 more: $251 · ReligionINDIA YOUTH FUND: $14,000 · Human ServicesDIVYA JIVAN SANSKRUTIK SANGH: $752 · Human ServicesHimalayan Hope Charitable Foundation: $10,000 · InternationalEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA: $2,190 · InternationalTHE BREAKFAST REVOLUTION: $1,202 · InternationalWORLD HINDU COUNCIL INC: $1,001 · InternationalEMPLOYMENT HORIZONS INC: $13,700 · EmploymentTEXAS HINDU CAMPSITE INC: $9,900 · Youth Development
Other$1,662,254Education$48,900Religion$15,361Human Services$14,752International$14,393Employment$13,700Youth Development$9,900

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 budgetHindu University of America: $51,008 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: $27,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINDIA YOUTH FUND: $14,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetEMPLOYMENT HORIZONS INC: $13,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHimalayan Hope Charitable Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetDHARMA CIVILIZATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTEXAS HINDU CAMPSITE INC: $9,900 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKRISHNA BHAKTI SEVA SANGH: $3,757 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FOOD BANK: $3,253 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA: $2,190 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVEDIC SAMAJ NJ INC: $1,400 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetARSHA BODHA CENTER A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,353 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BREAKFAST REVOLUTION: $1,202 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD HINDU COUNCIL INC: $1,001 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetVISHWA HINDU PARISHAD OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDIVYA JIVAN SANSKRUTIK SANGH: $752 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGHA WEST CA: $251 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetManavi Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOMEONE CARES SOUP KITCHEN: $86 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 Hindu University of America ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDIA YOUTH FUND ↗
  • Who funds EMPLOYMENT HORIZONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Himalayan Hope Charitable Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DHARMA CIVILIZATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS HINDU CAMPSITE INC ↗
  • Who funds KRISHNA BHAKTI SEVA SANGH ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds EKAL VIDYALAYA FOUNDATION OF USA ↗

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 FoundationBristol-Myers Squibb …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Verizon FoundationNJ13.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 60%
  • Employment Horizons Inc: 90% of income from government
  • Manavi Inc: 60% of income from government
  • St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 82 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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