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Dil Se Foundation

Huntingdon Valley, PA · EIN 84-6915789. Reported 65 grants totalling $2,206,554 to 47 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$2,206,554granted, 2021-2024
47recipients, as named on its returns
28%of grantees funded again the next year
$722,993assets, latest filing

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. Dil Se 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $246 and the largest $375,684. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
14 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
22 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
7 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Janodaya TrustBangalore, Karnataka$739,064442024
Bloom IndiaBurlington, MA$304,852112021
Bloom IndiaRichboro, PA$278,582332024
The SignatryOverland Park, KS$120,000332024
National Christian FoundationOverland Park, KS$112,000112023
Elevate Your Game IncDallas, TX$100,000332024
National Christian FoundationAlpharetta, GA$56,000112022
Elevate You Game IncDallas, TX$50,000112021
Helping HandsTallulah Falls, GA$47,560332024
Assemblies of GodSpringfield, MO$45,000442024
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA$39,730222024
New Covenant SchoolArlington, MA$39,170222023
Mercy Mission IncPhiladelphia, PA$28,000222023
Lexington Christian AcademyLexington, MA$26,200112023
Deeper ChristianityHouston, TX$21,000222024
Denver Institute for Faith & WorkDenver, CO$20,000112022
Ipc Hebron OklahomaYukon, OK$20,000112022
New Convenant SchoolArlington, MA$15,800112021
Action for Post Soviet JewryWaltham, MA$10,000112022
Agape Global Health for HaitiBoston, MA$10,000112023
Faith Cog Ministries IncJacksonville, FL$10,000112023
Love DoesSan Diego, CA$10,000112022
Missions India InternationalSachse, TX$10,000112021
Save the ChildrenFairfield, CT$10,000112022
Scholars of FinanceNew York, NY$10,000112024
American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GA$5,000112023
Campus CrusadeOrlando, FL$5,000112024
Children's Network InternationalNorcross, GA$5,000112023
Friends of SycamoreWinstonsalem, NC$5,000112024
Life InternationalWinchester, MA$5,000112023
Mission Voice NetworkClarksville, TN$5,000112023
MovementorgNew York, NY$5,000112024
NeoFort Collins, CO$5,000112024
The Transformation ProjectWestbrooke, ME$5,000112024
Intervarsity IvcfMadison, WI$4,000112021
NeverthirstBirmingham, AL$3,500112021
Biola UniversityLa Mirada, CA$3,350112021
Umass Scholarship FundLowell, MA$3,000112023
Mount Hope Christian CenterBurlington, MA$2,500112022
Boston Children's Hospital TrustBoston, MA$2,000112022
Boston TrinityBoston, MA$2,000112023
Family of Hope World MinistriesPensacola, FL$2,000112023
Firewheel ChristianGarland, TX$2,000112023
IntervarsityMadison, WI$2,000112023
Bibles and BasketballPinellas Park, FL$1,000112023
My Sheeps InternationalHuntingdon Valley, PA$1,000112023
Compassionate Care AlsWest Falmouth, MA$246112023

10 of 47 (21%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 28%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 26 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.

Human Services
7 grants
Education
6 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
International Affairs
3 grants
Religion
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Health Care
1 grant
Housing & Shelter
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20219$447,792$10,000
202217$650,452$16,200
202325$585,934$5,000
202414$522,376$10,000

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

33% of its giving went to organizations in KARNATAKA. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Karnataka
$739K
Massachusetts
$421K
Pennsylvania
$347K
Kansas
$232K
Texas
$183K
Georgia
$114K
Missouri
$45K
Colorado
$25K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc10 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc9 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Dil Se Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 296 Wyndmoor Circle, Huntingdon Valley, PA, 19006. 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.

EIN 84-6915789 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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