Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE SUNDARA FUND INC
THE SUNDARA FUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $384,438 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($103,282). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $59k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $384k
- Net assets
- $16k
What The Sundara Fund Inc does
Mission
Funding and support for hygiene efforts worldwide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Continued operation of Sundar India - a public health enterprise that integrates WASH access with women's economic empowerment. Invested in upgraded soap-manufacturing infrastructure and workforce training.
$3,140 spentof which $18,500 as grants31% of program spendingZimbabwe - Implemented community-based hygiene interventions focused on infectious disease prevention. Partnered with local leadership to distribute soap bars to underserved populations.
$3,872 spentof which $12,375 as grants39% of program spendingRwanda - Expanded hygiene programming through field engagement with local Rwandan hygiene leaders. Distributed thousands of hygiene kits containing soap, menstrual pads and dental products along with training on hygiene access and reproductive health.
$2,992 spentof which $16,075 as grants30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,004.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $137k to $18k (−87%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of THE SUNDARA FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Michelle Fusco
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $35k → $56k.
7 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE SUNDARA FUND INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE SUNDARA FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE SUNDARA FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 62% · 2019 78% · 2020 26% · 2021 54% · 2022 56% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
27% of THE SUNDARA FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of THE SUNDARA FUND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $117k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $267k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
THE SUNDARA FUND INC's revenue fell 67% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like THE SUNDARA FUND INC
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In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 SUNDARA FUND INC: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SUNDARA FUND INC?
- THE SUNDARA FUND INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $384,438 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($103,282). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SUNDARA FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $384,438 in grants to THE SUNDARA FUND INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SUNDARA FUND INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $103,282 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SUNDARA FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 13 funders 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing