Janki Foundation

• The foundation makes contributions only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; the realistic route is a relationship that leads to an invitation.
• Where an invitation comes, a modest request fits its pattern: about 8 in 10 of its 48 grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $240,000, with a median of $10,000, although its largest grant was about $4,000,000.
• Repeat support matters, as 56% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so an existing link is valuable.
• Its grants are mainly in California and Massachusetts, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern should not stop you from approaching it if you are invited.
• The filing sets out no criteria or recurring timetable, so there is no set window to plan around.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation · Charity
  $1,267,5002024 tax year
• Trustees of Boston University · Charity
  $250,0002024 tax year
• American India Foundation · Charity
  $238,4102024 tax year
• Foundation for Excellence · Charity
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Akshaya Patra Foundation USA · Charity
  $100,0002024 tax year
• University of Massachusetts Lowell · Charity
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Hinduaction · Charity
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Town of Kennebunkport · Charity
  $80,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.