Grants awarded
Who does Dhanam Foundation fund?
Dhanam Foundation has awarded $93 million across 187 grants to 73 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $36,000, with most between $15,000 and $250,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$92.9M
Typical grant
$36K
Grantees
73
Grants
187
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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National Philanthropic Trust
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$42.0M | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| S Stanford University | $8.3M | 9 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stanford Graduate School of Education | $8.0M | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B BMO Charitable Fund Program | $7.5M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| E Exploratorium | $3.2M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Barack Obama Foundation
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$3.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
African Parks Foundation of America
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$2.7M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.8M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$1.7M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco
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$1.3M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
University of Southern California
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$1.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| G Global Impact (co-Develop Fund) | $1.0M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Monterey Bay Aquarium | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Give Foundation INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Institute for Financial Management and Research | $800K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
College Track
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$750K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A Anitaborg | $727K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Reinvent Stockton Foundation
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$603K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| C Conservation International | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Makerghat USA
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$392K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
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$350K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| A Atree USA | $333K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Nature Conservancy
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$304K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| I India Community Center | $225K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $200K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$175K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| A Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology | $170K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I International Foundation for Social Impact INC | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Ifre INC | $150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
International Medical Corps
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$150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| S San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | $125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Mk Level Playing Field Institute
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$125K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
Savelife Foundation USA
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$120K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| W Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Protection Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Indiaspora
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$100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$100K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Propublica | $70K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stanford University (hoover) | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | HI | |
| L La Cocina | $50K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Go2 for Lung Cancer | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Marshall Project INC
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Pratham USA
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| A American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | $40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| O Opengrowth Org | $36K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Hawai'i Community Foundation | $35K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Maitri | $35K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Hindu Community and Cultural Center
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$30K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
California Fire Foundation
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Loma Mar Fire - Company 55
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| M Make-A-Wish | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Fire Safe Santa Cruz County
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| S Stanford University (haas) | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Stanford University (hass) | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Global Fund for Children
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| F Foundation for Excellence | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Seva Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A ACLU Foundation of Northern California | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OH | |
Council on Foreign Relations INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Pro Publica INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| F Flow Thru from Makena Perpetual Private Equity K-1 | $122 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Flow Thru from Makena Capital Associates K-1 | $51 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Flow Thru from Makena Perpetual US Real Estate K-1 | $40 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Flow Thru from Makena Private Equity Fd II K-1 | $21 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Flow Thru from Makena Perpetual Venture Cap K-1 | $7 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Flow Thru from Makena Private Equity Fd K-1 | $6 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Flow Thru from Juniper Hill Capital Fund K-1 | $1 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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