Chowdary Family Foundation
Allentown, PA · EIN 23-7716358. Reported 267 grants totalling $233,982 to 109 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Chowdary Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $300 and $1,000; the smallest was $52 and the largest $7,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Health Network | Allentown, PA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley | Allentown, PA | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Atlanta, GA | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Services for Children | Allentown, PA | $10,160 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vrushamani Foundation | Hyderabad, Telangana | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Healing the Children | Hawthorne, NJ | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hyderabad | Hyderabad, Telangana | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hyderabad Cleft | Hyderabad, Telangana | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Smiles | San Francisco, CA | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Katie's House | Newton, NJ | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hindu Temple Society | Allentown, PA | $5,530 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hyderabad Cleft Society | Hyderabad, Telangana | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | New York, NY | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arsha Vidya Pitham | Saylorsburg, PA | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lower Macungie Library | Macungie, PA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| USO | Washington, DC | $3,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sakhi for South Asian Women | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Allentown Rescue Mission | Allentown, PA | $2,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Allentown, PA | $2,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Allentown, PA | $2,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society | Hershey, PA | $2,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| ACLU | New York, NY | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $2,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Civic Theater of Allentown | Allentown, PA | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Akshaya Patra | Canoga Park, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation | Raritan, NJ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Msmf US | Raritan, NJ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sakhi for South Asian Survivors | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $1,950 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $1,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Good Shepherd | Allentown, PA | $1,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $1,700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of America | Atlanta, GA | $1,650 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guide Dog Foundation | Smithtown, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| PBS 39 Wlvt-Tv | Bethlehem, PA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Americares | Stamford, CT | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Operation Homefront | San Antonio, TX | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sixth Street Shelter | Allentown, PA | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,375 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cay Galgon Life House | Bethlehem, PA | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lower Macungie Fire Dept | Wescosville, PA | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Nazareth, PA | $1,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mercy Corps | Boone, IA | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Jude Research Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camelot for Children | Allentown, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial | Shanksville, PA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lvhn | Allentown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shriners Children's | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics | Norristown, PA | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lehigh Valley Humane Society | Allentown, PA | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Easter Seals of Eastern Pa | Allentown, PA | $880 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ms | Philadelphia, PA | $850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Macungie Ambulance Corp | Macungie, PA | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Iaalv | Allentown, PA | $690 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $652 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Chantily, VA | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Als Association | Washington, DC | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $545 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $525 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Civic Theatre of Allentown | Allentown, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Easter Seals Easten Pa | Allentown, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flight 93 National Memorial | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Four Kids Foundation | Allen, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guiding Eyes Dog Foundation | Yorktown Heights, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lehigh Valley Public Media PBS | Bethlehem, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Macungie Ambulance Corps | Macungie, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Unhcr | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | Colorado Springs, CO | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Easter Seals Eastern Pa | Allentown, PA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whyy | Philadelphia, PA | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Diabetic Association | Merrifield, VA | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind | San Rafael, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lehigh County Humane Society | Allentown, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Hope | Bethesda, MD | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Susan G Komen | Dallas, TX | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Als Association | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Food for the Hungry | Phoenix, AZ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wvia | Pittston, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 913 Wlvr | Bethlehem, PA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| AARP | Long Beach, CA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Als Association | Arlington, VA | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Parkinsons Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ASPCA | Allentown, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenpeace | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem Western Salisbury Church | Allentown, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical Teams International | Portland, OR | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mustang Club of America | Hatfield, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Volunteers of America | Harrisburg, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
70 of 109 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 69%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Lehigh Valley Health Network
PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC FUND - Healing the Children
SHARE THE GOOD CELEBRATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 125 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | $41,776 | $500 |
| 2022 | 54 | $51,031 | $500 |
| 2023 | 51 | $43,978 | $500 |
| 2024 | 62 | $48,951 | $500 |
| 2025 | 52 | $48,246 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
40% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chowdary Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 4115 Pheasant Court, Allentown, PA, 18103. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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