Funding search · EIN 260011433 · Saratoga, CA

The Sita Foundation

Name: The Sita 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.

63
grants reported: $8.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

education community medical research arts global hunger care

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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.

Sita Fund2 grants · $7.3M
Drexel University2 grants · $150,000
Santa Fe Institute3 grants · $125,000
MIT Alumni Association1 grant · $120,000
Second Harvest Food Bank2 grants · $90,000
Csu Foundation3 grants · $76,262
Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer2 grants · $60,000
Stanford University1 grant · $50,000
Akshaya USA2 grants · $40,000
Asha for Education1 grant · $40,000

Giving over time

$732,703

2022

$4.4M

2023

$3.3M

2024

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$4.3M
Sita Fund · Saratoga, CA · 2023
Community support
$3.0M
Sita Fund · Saratoga, CA · 2024
Community support
$120,000
MIT Alumni Association · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Education
$100,000
Drexel University · Philidelphia, PA · 2024
Education
$70,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2024
Community support
$50,000
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Education
$50,000
Drexel University · Philidelphia, PA · 2022
Education
$50,000
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Education
$50,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education support
$40,000
Asha for Education · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education support
$40,000
Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer · San Carlos, CA · 2022
Medical research
$40,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education support
$30,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Medical research
$26,000
Csu Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education
$25,262
Csu Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education
$25,000
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Education
$25,000
Csu Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education
$20,000
Akshaya USA · Aurora, CO · 2024
Global hunger
$20,000
Baptist Health Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Medical support
$20,000
Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer · San Carlos, CA · 2023
Medical research
$20,000
India Literacy Project · Milpitas, CA · 2023
Community support
$20,000
Akshaya USA · Aurora, CO · 2022
Global hunger
$20,000
Brain Behavior Research · New York, NY · 2022
Medical research
$20,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education support
$20,000
Sankara Eye Foundation · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Medical care
$20,000
Santa Clara University · Santa Clara, CA · 2022
Education support
$20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · San Jose, CA · 2022
Community support
$20,000
Teach United · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Education
$10,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
Medical research
$10,000
H2h Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2023
Medical support
$10,000
Chitrapur Heritage Foundation · Langhorne, PA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Foundation for Excellence · Sunnyvale, CA · 2022
Education
$10,000
German International School of Sili · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education support
$10,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2022
Community support
$10,000
Indian Student Alumni · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Education support
$10,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Healthcare support
$10,000
One School at a Time · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Educational support
$10,000
Sacred Heart Institute · San Jose, CA · 2022
Community support
$10,000
Shri Sankara Cancer Foundation · Milpitas, CA · 2022
Medical research
$10,000
South Asian Heart Center · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Medical research
$10,000
The Tech Museum of Innovation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Education
$7,000
H2h Foundation · Santa Clara, CA · 2024
Medical support
$5,001
Indian Heritage Foundation · Portsmouth, VA · 2022
Community support
$5,000
Helping Hands of Silicon Valley · Reseda, CA · 2024
Community support
$5,000
Indian Student Alumni · San Mateo, CA · 2024
Education support
$5,000
Pink Ribbon Good · Englewood, OH · 2023
Medical support
$5,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Medical research
$5,000
Konkani Charitable Fund · San Carlos, CA · 2022
Orphanage support india
$5,000
Open Collective Foundation · Covina, CA · 2022
Education, social impact
$5,000
Unhcr Voluntary Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Humanitarian support
$5,000
World Art West · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Art support
$4,002
Indian Heritage Foundation · Portsmouth, VA · 2023
Community support
$4,000
Museum of Art and Photography · Boston, MA · 2022
Arts support
$2,500
Svcc Employee Scholarship Fnd · San Jose, CA · 2023
Community support
$1,750
Fomvorg · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts & music
$1,001
Helping Hands of Silicon Valley · Reseda, CA · 2023
Community support
$1,001
Helping Hands · Reseda, CA · 2022
Community support
$501
Livermore Temple · Livermore, CA · 2022
Community support
$500
Iit Maana · Cupertino, CA · 2023
Foreign aid
$250
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
Medical research
$201
Hudson Community College · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
Community support
$200
Wikipedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education support
$100
Wikipedia Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Education support

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