Funding search · EIN 201914298 · Palo Alto, CA

Dhanam Foundation

Name: Dhanam Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

105
grants reported: $63.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

National Philanthropic Trust3 grants · $37.0M
Stanford University8 grants · $8.3M
The Barack Obama Foundation3 grants · $3.0M
African Parks Foundation of America2 grants · $2.1M
Exploratorium5 grants · $2.1M
Iit Madras Foundation4 grants · $1.2M
The Monterey Bay Aquarium2 grants · $1.0M
Global Impact (Co-Develop Fund)1 grant · $1.0M
Agastya USA2 grants · $930,000
Magic Bus USA3 grants · $900,000

Giving over time

$21.1M

2022

$22.4M

2023

$20.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 105 grants.

$16.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
General charitable purpose
$12.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
General charitable purpose
$9.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
General charitable purpose
$3.0M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Faculty support fund
$2.0M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Synthetic biology seed fund
$1.5M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Bioengineering fellowship fund
$1.5M
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Sustainability fellowship fund
$1.1M
African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023
Restoration of siniaka-minia and assessment of bazaruto national park
$1.0M
African Parks Foundation of America · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of general operations
$1.0M
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the stability and revitalization fund
$1.0M
Global Impact (Co-Develop Fund) · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of general operations
$1.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Us leaders program
$1.0M
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the stability and revitalization fund
$1.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Us leaders program
$1.0M
The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
In support of general operations
$555,000
Agastya USA · San Jose, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$500,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$500,000
The Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2024
To support the sea otter rescue and rehabilitation program
$500,000
Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2023
Hinemoana halo project
$500,000
The Monterey Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2023
To support the sea otter rescue and rehabilitation program
$460,000
Anitaborg · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Kamala scholars program
$375,000
Agastya USA · San Jose, CA · 2022
Mobile science lab programs in india
$350,000
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2024
In support of general operations
$350,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2023
Merit scholarship program
$333,333
Atree USA · Belmont, MA · 2024
In support of general operations
$300,000
Magic Bus USA · Houston, TX · 2024
In support of general operations
$300,000
Magic Bus USA · Houston, TX · 2023
Employability education program in tamil nadu
$300,000
Magic Bus USA · Houston, TX · 2022
Childhood to livelihood: employability education program in chennai, tamil nadu
$285,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$281,500
Makerghat USA · Decatur, GA · 2024
In support of general operations
$270,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Graduate student support
$260,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Graduate student support
$250,000
College Track · Oakland, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$250,000
College Track · Oakland, CA · 2023
In support of general operations
$250,000
College Track · Oakland, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$250,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2022
To support 70 diploma students and 70 degree students in data science & programming
$250,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Byers eye institute for glaucoma research and education
$227,380
Anitaborg · San Mateo, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$200,000
Institute for Financial Management and Research · 2024
In support of general operations
$200,000
Institute for Financial Management and Research · 2023
In support of general operations
$200,000
Institute for Financial Management and Research · 2022
To support scholarships of underprivileged students and honorarium of postdoc fellows
$150,000
International Foundation for Social Impact · New York, NY · 2022
Ashoka university project
$150,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Humanitarian relief for ukraine
$100,000
India Community Center · Milpitas, CA · 2024
In support of general opertaions
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
In support of general operations
$100,000
India Community Center · Milpitas, CA · 2023
In support of general opertaions
$100,000
Iit Madras Foundation · Cupertino, CA · 2022
Merit scholarship program
$100,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
In support of general operations
$60,100
Makerghat USA · Decatur, GA · 2023
Ignite program
$50,000
Asian Art Museum Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Fund-a-need platform
$50,000
Go2 for Lung Cancer · San Carlos, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$50,000
Pratham USA · Houston, TX · 2024
In support of general operations
$50,000
Asian Art Museum Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Beyond bollywood: 2000 years of dance in art exhibition
$50,000
Asian Art Museum Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Board annual fund
$50,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$50,000
Makerghat USA · Stanford, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$50,000
Reinvent Stockton Foundation · Stockton, CA · 2022
To support the stockton scholars program
$40,000
Anitaborg · Sacramento, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$25,000
Indiaspora · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Founders circle
$25,000
Kukio Hoomana Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2024
In support of general operations
$25,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
In support of general operations
$25,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support fund
$25,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$25,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$25,000
Asian Art Museum Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fund-a-need platform
$25,000
Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Explainers program & party at the piers: discovery
$25,000
Indiaspora · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Founders circle
$25,000
Kukio Hoomana Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2023
In support of general operations
$25,000
Maitri · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
Maitri gala
$25,000
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
In support of general operations
$25,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support fund
$25,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2023
In support of general operations
$25,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
To support the health care partners fund
$25,000
Hindu Community and Cultural Center · Livermore, CA · 2022
Mka 2022
$25,000
Indiaspora · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Founders circle
$25,000
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating support fund
$25,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$25,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
To support the health care partners fund
$20,000
Foundation for Excellence · Sunnyvale, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$20,000
Hamilton Families · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$20,000
La Cocina · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$20,000
Hamilton Families · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of general operations
$20,000
Hamilton Families · San Francisco, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$15,000
Sacred Heart Community Service · San Jose, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$15,000
Sacred Heart Community Service · San Jose, CA · 2023
In support of general operations
$15,000
Sacred Heart Community Service · San Jose, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$10,000
18 Reasons · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$10,000
Aclu Foundation of Northern California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$10,000
Maitri · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
In support of general operations
$10,000
Puente De La Costa Sur · Pescadero, CA · 2024
To support puente's 2024 end of year campaign
$10,000
Seva Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
In support of seva special events
$10,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
In support of general operations
$10,000
18 Reasons · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of general operations
$10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of general operations
$10,000
Puente De La Costa Sur · Pescadero, CA · 2023
To support puente's 2023 end of year campaign
$10,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
In support of general operations
$10,000
18 Reasons · San Francisco, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$10,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
In support of general operations
$10,000
Global Fund for Children · Washington, DC · 2022
Ukraine emergency response fund
$10,000
Hawai'I Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Kukio community fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.