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Ujala Foundation at a glance

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Ujala 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.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$9.4MCivil Rights$812kSocial Science$750kCrime & Legal$345kHousing & Shelter$340kAnimals$235kHuman Services$208kReligion$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.2M
$15,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$1,925,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY'S LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS$250,000
INDIASPORA$75,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$50,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF DC$40,000
ALBEMARLE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT$30,000
HOWARD C LIEBENGOOD FOUNDATION$25,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY'S LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS$15,000
INDIAN PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE$12,500
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE$10,000
IIT BOMBAY HERITAGE FUND$10,000
ARLINGTON FOOD ASSISTANCE CENTER$5,000
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION$2,000
SAMARITAN HEALTHCARE & HOSPICE$2,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%INDIASPORA: $75k → 10%INDIASPORA: $50k → 10%INDIASPORA: $25k → 10%INDIASPORA: $25k → 10%INDIASPORA: $13k → 10%INDIASPORA: $13k → 10%INDIASPORA: $5k → 10%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 15 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
23

Total granted

$11M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+33%

Still filing today

93%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k 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
HealthInternationalEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.5M · revenue +64%
  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.3M · revenue +10%
  • LA
    LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $320k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY INDIA INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $750k
  • TB
    THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC
    one grant, 2020 · $120k · revenue -23%
  • BT
    BHARATIYA TEMPLE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
American Intellectual Property Law Association

The association was formed to maintain a high standard of professional ethics among its members and to aid in the institution of improvements in legal education and to provide information to the public in laws relating to patents,…

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5
American Association of Physicists in Medicine

Advancing medicine through excellence in the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. the mission is carried out through driving scientific and clinical innovation in medical physics to improve human health,…

Science & Tech
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
American Institute of Physics Inc

Aip advances the physical sciences as a federation and an institute. as a federation, aip works to advance the success of its member societies and affiliates so that they can leverage their diverse expertise and contributions in advancing…

Science & Tech
12
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akanksha Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The German Society of Pennsylvania. 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

34 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. 34 of the 46 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $7,450,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $1,305,000 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY+1 more: $15,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY INDIA INSTITUTE: $750,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS UNIV…LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $320,000 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY …DREXEL UNIVERSITY'S LEBOW COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $265,000 · OtherDREXEL UNIVERSITY'…BHARATIYA TEMPLE INC: $100,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $120,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGESPAN GRO…BHARTIYA TEMPLE & CULTURAL CENTER INC: $100,000 · Other+31 more: $359,900 · Other+31 moreTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $800,000 · Public BenefitALBEMARLE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $340,000 · Housing & ShelterPRATHAM USA: $290,000 · PhilanthropyIndiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc: $22,500 · PhilanthropyZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $235,000 · AnimalsINDIASPORA: $205,000 · Human Services
Education$8,770,000Other$2,014,900Public Benefit$800,000Housing & Shelter$340,000Philanthropy$312,500Animals$235,000Human Services$205,000

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 budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $7,450,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $1,305,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $800,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetALBEMARLE HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $340,000 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $320,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPRATHAM USA: $290,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $235,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetINDIASPORA: $205,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC: $120,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetIndian American Impact: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetAROGYA INC DBA AROGYA WORLD: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHOWARD C LIEBENGOOD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetIndiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCornell University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPLAYHOUSE ARTISTS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAKANKSHA EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAVID ORTIZ CHILDREN'S FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN HEALTHCARE & HOSPICE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIIT Bombay Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIAN GRANT FOUNDATION: $900 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Raj Family Private Fo…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…
Raj Family Private FoundationNJ13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raj Family Private Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment 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 Ujala Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ujala Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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 46 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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