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Vyas Family 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.

$234k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$202kInternational$155kReligion$138kHealth$87kCivil Rights$81kHuman Services$79kArts & Culture$68kEmployment$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRATHAM USA$100,000
VOICE OF SPECIALLY ABLED PEOPLE INC$50,100
GAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES GMC$12,500
PARAM SHAKTI PEETH OF AMERICA FOUND$12,000
GLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION$10,000
THETREVORPROJECTORG$10,000
BRAHMA KUMARIS FOUNDATION$10,000
AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$5,000
SAHARA$5,000
MANDIR$5,000
SAAHAS FOR CAUSE$2,500
SIKH CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY$1,000
CERRITOS COLLEGE PEACE FOUNDATION$500
SHRIJI MANDIR$500
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 (FY22–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%POINT OF LIFE: $7k → 6%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SAAHAS FOR CAUSE: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
WV
VA
MD
KS
SC
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$648k · 16 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
27

Total granted

$648k
$170k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+28%

Still filing today

56%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthInternationalReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil 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

  • VO
    VOICE OF SPECIALLY ABLED PEOPLE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $126k · revenue +91%
  • AP
    AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +46%
  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • EV
    EKAL VIDYALAYA
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • P
    PRATHAM
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • SE
    SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USAgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +28%
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
Ravi and Naina Patel Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Samarpan Foundation Usa
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3
Satyagraha Foundation
Religion
4
The Sai Ram Foundation
Philanthropy
5
The Desai Foundation
Education
6
Sanjay Shah Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Sahayog Foundation
Community Improvement
8
Samjivani Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Guru Gobind Singh Foundation Trust

Guru gobind singh foundation (ggsf) is a gurdwara that is a spiritual center an institution with a vision to create worldwide awareness regarding sikhs and sikhism. ggsfs mission has been to enhance the image of sikhs thru every possible…

Religion
10
Annapurna Global Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Sai Spiritual Foundation

Help establish unity of faith and welcome all spiritual seekers of all religions; realize the Inherent Divinity within as per Sathya SaiBaba

Religion
12
Shiv Nadar Foundation

Shiv Nadar Foundation provides access to higher education tounderprivileged students and funds to other charitable organizations to supporteducation, research, social policies for women empowerment, affordable healthcareservices, medical…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sankara Eye Foundation Usa; the most unlike its peers is Point of Life Corp. 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 54 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
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRAHMAKUMARIS: $74,132 · OtherBRAHMAKUMARISGAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES GMC: $45,000 · OtherGAY MEN'S CHORUS OF LOS ANGELES GMCIndividual grant recipient: $42,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEKAL VIDYALAYA: $30,000 · OtherEKAL VIDYALAYAPRATHAM: $25,000 · OtherPRATHAMSHRIJI MANDIR: $23,500 · OtherSHRIJI MANDIRIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $17,000 · Other+31 more: $123,497 · Other+31 morePRATHAM USA: $173,871 · PhilanthropyPRATHAM USACHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $105,150 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICADREXEL H FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyVOICE OF SPECIALLY ABLED PEOPLE INC: $126,108 · Civil RightsVOICE OF SPECIAL…TREVOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT I…AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $50,000 · Food & NutritionSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $20,210 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 · InternationalMUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalSISTER NIVEDITA FOUNDATION USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalSELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPoint of Life Corp: $6,810 · Human ServicesSAAHAS FOR CAUSE: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$400,129Philanthropy$294,021Civil Rights$141,108Food & Nutrition$50,000Health$40,710International$24,500Human Services$19,310

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 budgetPRATHAM USA: $173,871 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVOICE OF SPECIALLY ABLED PEOPLE INC: $126,108 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $105,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA): $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA: $20,210 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPoint of Life Corp: $6,810 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetMUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSISTER NIVEDITA FOUNDATION USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMandir: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUTFEST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAAHAS FOR CAUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALL WORLD GAYATRI PARIWAR USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSikh Center Of The Orange County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 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 PRATHAM USA ↗
  • Who funds VOICE OF SPECIALLY ABLED PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA) ↗
  • Who funds SANKARA EYE FOUNDATION USA ↗
  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL H FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SELFLESS LOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Point of Life Corp ↗
  • Who funds MUNI SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SISTER NIVEDITA FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mandir ↗
  • Who funds OUTFEST ↗
  • Who funds SAAHAS FOR CAUSE ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Vyas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vyas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Vyas Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Vyas Family Foundation 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 54 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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