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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
9/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 61%
01What it does

What The Sundara Fund Inc does

Mission

Funding and support for hygiene efforts worldwide.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. 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 grants
    31% of program spending
  2. Zimbabwe - 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 grants
    39% of program spending
  3. Rwanda - 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 grants
    30% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,004.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($179k) Expenses 100 ($187k) Net assets 100 ($137k)2022 Revenue 36 ($65k) Expenses 98 ($184k) Net assets 13 ($18k)2023 Revenue 52 ($93k) Expenses 53 ($100k) Net assets 9 ($12k)2024 Revenue 22 ($40k) Expenses 17 ($32k) Net assets 14 ($19k)2025 Revenue 33 ($59k) Expenses 34 ($63k) Net assets 11 ($16k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (33)Expenses (34)Net assets (11)Peer revenue range

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%).

$137k
$18k
$12k
$19k
$16k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’21
−$119k
’22
−$7k
’23
$8k
’24
−$4k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Michelle Fusco

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

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.

27%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

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.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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.

NY
NJ
CA
DE
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE SUNDARA FUND INC's revenue fell 67% between 2021 and 2025.

Operating margin−6% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−24% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

NY

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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