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The Narayanan Family Foundation

Name: The Narayanan Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

56
grants reported: $858,300
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Iit Madras Foundation3 grants · $160,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir6 grants · $123,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation4 grants · $100,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance7 grants · $81,800
Pratham USA2 grants · $60,000
Institute for Financial Management and Research2 grants · $55,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation3 grants · $54,000
Black Landscape Architects Network4 grants · $50,000
Nudge Foundation4 grants · $32,000
Museum of Art and Photography Foundation2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$161,000

2022

$235,500

2023

$221,300

2024

$240,500

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$90,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2023
to set up an endowment fund at IIT Madras and to support new hires from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in AI and Data Science at IITM
$45,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2025
Narayanan Family Foundation Faculty Fellows fund
$40,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir · Belmont, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$34,800
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Ledyard Alley Improvement Project
$30,000
Institute for Financial Management and Research · 2025
WELL Labs - NbS Projects
$30,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
UW ColorStack program
$25,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir · Belmont, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Institute for Financial Management and Research · 2024
Well Labs - Nature-Based Solutions Project
$25,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
UW ColorStack program
$25,000
Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
UW ColorStack program
$25,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2022
class of 1995 alumni batch FUNDS
$25,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
UW CS ColorStack program
$22,000
Foundation for Excellence · Sunnyvale, CA · 2024
R. Saroja and R. Narayanan FFE Scholarship Fund
$20,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Louise Mozingo Award fund
$20,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Louise Mozingo Award Fund
$18,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir · Belmont, MA · 2023
The Urban Garden Project in India
$15,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir · Belmont, MA · 2025
Greens of Wheels project in Bengaluru
$15,000
Museum of Art and Photography Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Museum of Art and Photography Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Black Landscape Architects Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir · 2022
preservation of the environment by designing sustainable urban gardens for the Bengaluru region
$15,000
Black Landscape Architects Network · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$14,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
the LAEP Award for Excellence in Landscape Design fUND
$13,000
Care Earth · 2022
FUNDS FOR creating work facilities and support infrastructure
$10,000
Black Landscape Architects Network · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Landscape Architecture Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Black Landscape Architects Network · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Swataleem USA Corporation · Urbana, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir · Belmont, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Nudge Foundation · Irving, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Care Earth · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Nudge Foundation · Irving, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Nudge Foundation · Irving, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Nudge Foundation · Irving, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$7,000
Swataleem USA Corporation · Bryan, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Wxla · Cambridge, MA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Wxla · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Ledyard Alley Project
$5,000
Wxla · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Ledyard Alley Project
$5,000
The Center for the Living City · New York, NY · 2022
2022 observation & action network (oan) fund
$3,000
Bharata Dance & Allied Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Inclusive World · Saratoga, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Bharata Dance & Allied Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Ledyard Alley light project
$3,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
With Honey in the Heart Project
$3,000
Bharata Dance & Allied Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Writers Grotto · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Writers Grotto · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Family Equality · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Family Equality · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Inclusive World · Saratoga, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
San Francisco Parks Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2022
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