Banga Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Because the foundation gives only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, a group that has not been invited to apply should not send it a request cold.
- The filing describes its grants as general support for work in culture, health, education, public spaces and policy, though no set of programme priorities is stated, so a group can judge whether its work fits.
- Most of its grants are modest: half of its 14 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less and the median was $25,000, so a request around that level suits its usual pattern, although its largest grant was $500,000.
- Relationships appear to matter, since in the latest filing 78% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in the filing before.
- No geographic focus is stated; its grants have mainly gone to New York and Massachusetts, but that pattern is not a rule about who may apply.
Overview
Banga Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Albany, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings describe the grants as general support. The recipients include a cultural organisation, a medical college, a park-support organisation, universities, a nursery school, an independent school and a foreign-policy organisation. Taken together, the records show general support for organisations working in culture, health, education, public spaces and policy, rather than a stated set of programme priorities. Recipients are recorded in New York, Massachusetts and California, with most recorded grant dollars going to New York. The foundation gives only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests. No broader eligibility criteria or subject priorities are stated in the available evidence.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York and Massachusetts.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 78% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 14 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 69% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 78% of grant dollars went to organisations Banga Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 7 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $50,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Shed NYC · General Support$400,0002025 tax year
- Weill Cornell Medical College · General Support$125,0002025 tax year
- Hudson River Park Friends · General Support$51,4002025 tax year
- President and Fellows of Harvard College · General Support$50,0002025 tax year
- Stanford University · General Support$25,0002025 tax year
- Barrow Street Nursery School · General Support$15,0002025 tax year
- Harvard Business School · General support$2,5002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Jyotika Banga — Trustee
- Aditi Banga — Trustee
- Ritu Banga — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $792 | $0 | $31,809,304 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,369,961 | $635,000 | $32,425,364 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,095,537 | $668,900 | $35,398,566 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Contact
- Albany, NY