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The Narayanan Family Foundation: 16 grants to organizations, $240,500 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Narayanan Family Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 16 grants to organizations totaling $240,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 1, 2026. The largest was $45,000 to Iit Madras Foundation in Cupertino, CA for narayanan family foundation faculty fellows fund.
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- EIN
- 814121880
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $8,706,186
- Grants paid
- $240,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 1, 2026, IRS object ID 202601219349100230. It reported $240,500 in grants paid; 16 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iit Madras Foundation | Cupertino, CA | Narayanan Family Foundation Faculty Fellows fund | Human services | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir | Belmont, MA | General & Unrestricted | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Financial Management and Research | Chennai, IN | WELL Labs - NbS Projects | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | UW ColorStack program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | Louise Mozingo Award fund | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir | Belmont, MA | Greens of Wheels project in Bengaluru | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of Art and Photography Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Landscape Architects Network | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Landscape Architecture Foundation | Washington DC, DC | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nudge Foundation | Irving, TX | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swataleem USA Corporation | Bryan, TX | General & Unrestricted | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wxla Inc | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bharata Dance & Allied Arts | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Inclusive World | Saratoga, CA | General & Unrestricted | Public and societal benefit | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Writers Grotto | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Equality | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 5, 2025, IRS object ID 202511259349101056. It reported $221,300 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | San Francisco, CA | Ledyard Alley Improvement Project | $34,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Envir | Belmont, MA | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute for Financial Management and Research | Chennai, IN | Well Labs - Nature-Based Solutions Project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | UW ColorStack program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Excellence Inc | Sunnyvale, CA | R. Saroja and R. Narayanan FFE Scholarship Fund | Education | $22,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | Louise Mozingo Award Fund | Education | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Museum of Art and Photography Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Landscape Architects Network | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swataleem USA Corporation | Urbana, IL | General & Unrestricted | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Care Earth | Tamil Nadu, IN | General & Unrestricted | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nudge Foundation | Irving, TX | General & Unrestricted | International, foreign affairs and national security | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wxla Inc | Cambridge, MA | General & Unrestricted | Community improvement and capacity building | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bharata Dance & Allied Arts | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | San Francisco, CA | Ledyard Alley light project | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| San Francisco Parks Alliance | San Francisco, CA | With Honey in the Heart Project | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Writers Grotto | San Francisco, CA | General & Unrestricted | Arts, culture and humanities | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Family Equality | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $66,000 |
| Human services | $45,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $41,000 |
| Environment | $20,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $20,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $16,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $3,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| California | $161,800 |
| Massachusetts | $120,000 |
| Wisconsin | $50,000 |
| District of Columbia | $30,000 |
| Texas | $23,000 |
| Illinois | $10,000 |
| New York | $4,000 |
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Updated May 1, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.