Texas · Nonprofit
Vishnupuram Literary Circle
Vishnupuram Literary Circle (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,096 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($24,569). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Vishnupuram Literary Circle does
Mission
literary discussions are livestreamed quarterly This is a two hour event broken into discussion and a live Q&A with the author regarding his works an annual literary forum is held annually where hundred of members attend 10-12 literary sessions over a two day period World renowned authors are invited
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
A literary discussion forum in the name of Ka.Naa.Su is livestreamed once a quarter during which we focus on a specific writer and their work. This two hour event is split into two portions. First, two VLC members give a talk on the writer's work. Second, a Q&A is held with the guest writer. The guest is paid an honorarium. o
$35,564 spent50% of program spendingAn in-person literary forum in the name of Emerson is held annually in Boone, North Carolina. Hundreds of members attend 10 to 12 literary sessions conducted over two days. World renowned writers are invited as guests and their lectures and critiques during the sessions are additional benefits for the attendees.
$28,890 spent41% of program spendingo Produces songs and documentaries to appreciate a writer's work. VLC has produced a documentary movie and two songs s
$6,661 spent9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $71,115.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $17 → $11k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 Vishnupuram Literary Circle’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
Vishnupuram Literary Circle leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 Vishnupuram Literary Circle.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
82% of Vishnupuram Literary Circle'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Vishnupuram Literary Circle runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Vishnupuram Literary Circle?
- Vishnupuram Literary Circle (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,096 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($24,569). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Vishnupuram Literary Circle have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $30,096 in grants to Vishnupuram Literary Circle, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Vishnupuram Literary Circle?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $24,569 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Vishnupuram Literary Circle find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 4 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