Amar Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes grants only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application will not be considered; the route in is an existing relationship or an introduction.
- Its grants span open educational resources and biomedical research, including ME/CFS and chronic fatigue syndrome, so a group should approach it only if its work clearly sits in one of these areas.
- Giving has fallen each year, and about 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between $69,500 and $5,350,000, with a median of $360,000, so a request should be sized with that typical band in mind, though its largest grant was $8,300,000.
- Around 40% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so it tends to return to established partners.
- No geographic focus is stated, although its filings show grants mainly in California, so a group should not assume a location limit.
Overview
Amar Foundation is a US private foundation based in San Jose, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) 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
Its recorded grants support the development and operation of an open-source educational site with content in multiple modalities, as well as educational and scientific purposes. Other grants support research into ME/CFS and chronic fatigue syndrome, including studies of nitrogen metabolism, reactive oxygen species and inflammation, infectious triggers, and a proposed treatment trial. Recipients in the filings include an education-focused foundation, research organisations, a federal biomedical institute and universities. This portfolio combines a major commitment to open educational resources with grants for biomedical research.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California.
How to apply
It makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 40% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 10 grants to organisations were $360,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 82% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 40% of grant dollars went to organisations Amar Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- 3% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Germany, Latvia).
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Integrative Bioinformatics · Support for educational and scientific purposes, also utilize fund for research "identification of switches/traps in ME/CFS nitrogen metabolism".$700,0002024 tax year
- National Heart Lund and Blood Insti · Support for research in studying how reactive oxygen specis (ROS) cause inflammation.$654,0002024 tax year
- Rigas Stradins University · Support for study and research of SARS CoV-2 and infectious origin of chronic fatigue syndrome, and understanding potential infectious triggers and mitochondrial dysfunction in ME.CFS.$200,0002024 tax year
- Simmaron Research · To fund trial of "Low-Does Rampamycin in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome".$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Vinod Khosla co McCabe Totah — Secretary
- Neeru Khosla co McCabe Totah — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $9,095,233 | $9,029,600 | $6,571,607 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,892,059 | $5,775,000 | $2,155,002 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,808,112 | $1,754,000 | $1,789,297 | Filing for 2024 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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- San Jose, CA