Funding search · EIN 823313027 · La Jolla, CA

Ram and Lakshmi Sundaram Foundation

Name: Ram and Lakshmi Sundaram Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

73
grants reported: $371,700
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

education treatment financial childbirth fistula india injuries literacy

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Wayne State University4 grants · $35,000
Fistula Foundation4 grants · $32,500
Our Biswas4 grants · $32,500
Maternal Help Hope Fund4 grants · $27,500
Focus Hope4 grants · $24,500
Sankara Eye Foundation USA4 grants · $22,500
Karuna America4 grants · $22,500
Share and Care Foundation4 grants · $22,000
Accounting Aid Society4 grants · $20,000
Aravind Eye Foundation3 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$84,000

2022

$85,000

2023

$87,000

2024

$115,700

2025

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Our Biswas · East Lansing, MI · 2025
Nano finance program
$12,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2025
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2025
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$10,000
Maternal Help Hope Fund · San Jose, CA · 2025
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$7,500
Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Treatment of eye diseases
$7,500
Focus Hope · Detroit, MI · 2025
Job training
$7,500
Karuna America · Pomona, CA · 2025
Health & literacy
$7,500
Sankara Eye Foundation USA · Milpitas, CA · 2025
Eradicate cureable blindness in india
$7,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2024
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$7,500
Maternal Help Hope Fund · San Jose, CA · 2024
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$7,500
Our Biswas · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Nano finance program
$7,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2024
Scholarship fund
$7,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2023
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$7,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2023
Scholarship fund
$7,500
Fistula Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$7,500
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2022
Loan financing for small businesses
$7,500
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2022
Scholarship fund
$7,000
Share and Care Foundation · Rochelle Park, NJ · 2025
Support and empower women & children in rural india
$6,000
Education Empowerment Women · Cupertino, CA · 2025
Education
$6,000
Focus Hope · Detroit, MI · 2024
Job training
$6,000
Focus Hope · Detroit, MI · 2023
Job training
$5,000
Accounting Aid Society · Detroit, MI · 2025
Financial literacy
$5,000
Wateraid America · New York, NY · 2025
Clean water access
$5,000
Accounting Aid Society · Detroit, MI · 2024
Financial literacy
$5,000
Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Treatment of eye diseases
$5,000
Karuna America · Pomona, CA · 2024
Health & literacy
$5,000
Ladder Up · Chicago, IL · 2024
Financial education
$5,000
Sankara Eye Foundation USA · Milpitas, CA · 2024
Eradicate cureable blindness in india
$5,000
Share and Care Foundation · Rochelle Park, NJ · 2024
Support and empower women & children in rural india
$5,000
Women'S Business Development · Chicago, IL · 2024
Business development & growth - access to capital
$5,000
Accounting Aid Society · Detroit, MI · 2023
Financial literacy
$5,000
Aravind Eye Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Treatment of eye diseases
$5,000
Grameen America · New York, NY · 2023
Loan financing for small businesses
$5,000
Karuna America · Pomona, CA · 2023
Health & literacy
$5,000
Ladder Up · Chicago, IL · 2023
Financial education
$5,000
Maternal Help Hope Fund · San Jose, CA · 2023
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$5,000
Our Biswas · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Nano finance program
$5,000
Sankara Eye Foundation USA · Milpitas, CA · 2023
Eradicate cureable blindness in india
$5,000
Share and Care Foundation · Rochelle Park, NJ · 2023
Support and empower women & children in rural india
$5,000
Women'S Business Development · Chicago, IL · 2023
Business development & growth - access to capital
$5,000
Accounting Aid Society · Detroit, MI · 2022
Financial literacy
$5,000
Focus Hope · Detroit, MI · 2022
Job training
$5,000
Friends of Aravind · New York, NY · 2022
Treatment of eye diseases
$5,000
Karuna America · Pomona, CA · 2022
Health & literacy
$5,000
Ladder Up · Chicago, IL · 2022
Financial education
$5,000
Maternal Help Hope Fund · San Jose, CA · 2022
Prevention and treatment of childbirth injuries promarily obstetric fistula
$5,000
Our Biswas · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Nano finance program
$5,000
Sankara Eye Foundation USA · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Eradicate cureable blindness in india
$5,000
Share and Care Foundation · Rochelle Park, NJ · 2022
Support and empower women & children in rural india
$5,000
Women'S Business Development · Chicago, IL · 2022
Business development & growth - access to capital
$4,200
Heart and Home Collaborative · Palo Alto, CA · 2025
Shelter for the unhoused
$3,000
Asti American Service To India · Diamond Bar, CA · 2025
Education, vacational training and women empowerment
$3,000
Deserving Causes India Fnd · Playa Vista, CA · 2025
Education assistance to underpriveleged children
$3,000
Dreams for Change · San Diego, CA · 2025
Financial education
$3,000
Education Empowerment for Women · Cupertino, CA · 2024
Education
$3,000
Heart and Home Collaborative · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Shelter for the unhoused
$3,000
Threads for Success · Gross Pointe Woods, MI · 2024
Job training
$3,000
Threads for Success · Gross Pointe Woods, MI · 2023
Job training
$2,500
Dreams for Change · San Diego, CA · 2024
Financial education
$2,500
Wateraid America · New York, NY · 2024
Clean water access
$2,500
Dreams for Change · San Diego, CA · 2023
Financial education
$2,500
Education Empowerment for Women · Cupertino, CA · 2023
Education
$2,500
Heart and Home Collaborative · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Shelter for the unhoused
$2,500
Wateraid America · New York, NY · 2023
Clean water access
$2,500
Dreams for Change · San Diego, CA · 2022
Financial education
$2,500
Education Empowerment for Women · Cupertino, CA · 2022
Education
$2,500
Wateraid America · New York, NY · 2022
Clean water access
$2,000
Deserving Causes India Fnd · Playa Vista, CA · 2024
Education assistance to underpriveleged children
$2,000
Heart and Home Collaborative · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Shelter for the unhoused
$2,000
Threads for Success · Gross Pointe Woods, MI · 2022
Job training
$1,000
Dalit Solidarity · San Diego, CA · 2025
Education and women empowerment
$1,000
Maia · Denver, CO · 2025
Education
$1,000
Deserving Causes India Fnd · Playa Vista, CA · 2023
Education assistance to underpriveleged children

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