New York · Nonprofit
The Independence Foundation
The Independence Foundation (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being ROOPA & SUBHASH MAKHIJA FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
The Independence Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 12,286 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,286 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Latika & Rajiv Jain Foundationshared funders
- California Foundation for Independent Living Centersportfolio match
- American Association of People With Disabilitiesportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Independence Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
The Independence Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Latika & Rajiv Jain Foundationshared fundersDE · backs 5 organizations that share your funders
- California Foundation for Independent Living Centersportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- American Association of People With Disabilitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Vasant and Prabha Rathi Foundationshared fundersDE · backs 4 organizations that share your funders
- Christopher Reeve Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Agingportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Good Shepherd Fdn of Ohioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Enterline Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Doz Charitable Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Duneland Health Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resourcesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- E William and France Kenyon Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like The Independence Foundation
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Independence Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds The Independence Foundation?
- The Independence Foundation (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being ROOPA & SUBHASH MAKHIJA FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Independence Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to The Independence Foundation.
- Who is the largest funder of The Independence Foundation?
- ROOPA & SUBHASH MAKHIJA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Independence Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing